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U.S. Sanctions China State Oil Trader for Iran Crude Violation
By Serene Cheong and Alfred Cang (Bloomberg) –The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese state oil trader for violating restrictions on Iranian crude, an attempt to tighten restrictions on the Islamic Republic...
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Iran, Ukraine, North Korea Show Ship Seizures Are the New Normal
By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg Opinion) –The seizure of a number of ships in recent months tells an uncomfortable story. In today’s multi-polar world, countries can grab other nations’ vessels and get...
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Flags of Inconvenience: Noose Tightens Around Iranian Shipping
By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Marianna Parraga LONDON/DUBAI/PANAMA CITY, July 26 (Reuters) – Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran, around Africa’s southern tip and into the...
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Rivals Iran and UAE to Hold Maritime Security Talks
DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) – Iran was to revive maritime security talks on Tuesday with traditional foe the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an apparent bid to calm tensions in the Gulf, although a Gulf...
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Greece Says No Request Made for Iranian Oil Tanker to Dock
ATHENS, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Greece said on Tuesday it had not had a request for an oil tanker at the center of a row between Iran and the United States to dock at one of its ports, as Washington warned...
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Stena Impero Owner Meets with Iran to Urge Its Release
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The owner of a British-flagged tanker detained in Iran has met the country’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to make the case for the ship and its crew to be...
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Iranian Tanker Wanted By United States Not Heading to Greece
PARIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker which the United States wants seized is not heading towards Greece as it sails through the Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyrikos Mitsotakis told France...
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World’s Most-Watched Tanker Changes Course Off Turkish Coast
ISTANBUL, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the Turkish coast, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed...
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Confusion as Turkey Says Iranian Tanker Now Headed Toward Lebanon
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Jonathan Spicer OSLO/ISTANBUL, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran was headed to...
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U.S. Blacklists Oil Shipping Network Allegedly Run by Iran Revolutionary Guards
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday blacklisted an “oil for terror” network of firms, ships and individuals allegedly directed by Iran’s...
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Iran’s Dark Tanker Fleet Poses Oil World’s Biggest Mystery
By Grant Smith (Bloomberg) –While one Iranian tanker is attracting global attention, serious oil watchers remain absorbed by a bigger mystery: the hunt for the rest of Iran’s fleet. The quest has led...
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Oil Tanker Rates Roar to New Records as Geopolitical Risks Swirl
By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels one of the biggest boosts in years. Rates have...
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Geopolitical Risks Send Supertanker Rates to Record Levels
By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels one of the biggest boosts in years. Rates have...
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U.S. ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Chinese Tankers Going Dark
By Timothy Gardner and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their ships’ transponders to hide Iranian oil shipments...
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Teekay’s Icebreaking LNG Carriers No Longer Considered ‘Blocked’ Under U.S....
The joint venture operating icebreaking LNG carriers for Yamal LNG have been exempted from U.S. sanctions against COSCO tanker units, Russian natural gas producer Novatek said Tuesday. Novatek, which...
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U.S. Waiver Offers Grace Period to Wind Down Business with COSCO Tanker Units
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued a nearly two-month waiver for companies to wind down transactions with a Chinese tanker company it sanctioned last month...
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COSCO Tanker Sanctions Seen Denting Demand for High Sulphur Fuel Oil
By Noah Browning LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on a top Chinese shipping fleet is set to produce a totally unintended result — less burning of the dirtiest marine fuels at sea at the start...
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U.S. Sets Sights on Shipping Companies for Sanctions Evasions
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The United States will target shipping companies that are in breach of sanctions and aggressively enforce measures across the globe to clamp down on such...
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U.S. to Warn Shipping Against Storing Iranian Oil
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – The Trump administration will soon issue advisories warning shippers, port officials and insurance companies against the practice of storing Iranian oil and avoiding...
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Trump Administration Issues Global Maritime Advisory to Avoid Sanctions Risk
By Humeyra Pamuk, Jonathan Saul and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON/LONDON May 14 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of...
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