Tomer Raanan
Tomer Raanan is Lloyd’s List’s senior maritime reporter in the US. He is based in New York, where he enjoyed a decade-long career in private security before joining Lloyd’s List in 2022. Tomer Raanan has a background as a writer, researcher and analyst who has written for the South China Morning Post and Nikkei, publishers of the Financial Times, and has written, edited and translated for the Asia Policy Program in the Abba Eban Institute. He is experienced in trade & investment data analysis, in addition to FDI, security and technology issues. A graduate of SUNY Empire State College with a degree in Public Affairs, majoring in political science and economics, Tomer is also a military veteran and a devout Liverpool fan.
Latest From Tomer Raanan
Trump vows to tariff countries importing Venezuelan oil
Trump plans to levy a 25% tariff on countries importing oil and gas from Venezuela starting April 2, which will apply to ‘any trade they do’ with the US. China is the largest importer of Venezuelan oil, although the trade accounts for a fraction of its total imports. Meanwhile, the administration also extended the wind-down of Chevron’s Venezuela license
APMT to invest $500m in port of NY and NJ
Maersk’s terminal unit APM Terminals has reached an agreement with the Port of New York and New Jersey to extend its lease by 33 years to December 2062. The proposed deal, which will also see APM invest $500m in upgrades to its terminal, is subject to a vote by the Port Authority Board of Commissioners on Thursday
Shadow fleet tankers remain in recycling limbo as sanctions prevent sales
Ageing VLCCs Artemis III and Itaugua are stranded off the coast of Bangladesh as local letter of credit transacting banks are unwilling to negotiate on tonnage in violation of international laws
Gambia’s dark fleet gambit sees detentions and sanctions surge
Gambia’s flag registry grew greatly by carrying capacity since 2023, fuelled by injection of dark fleet vessels, most of which are currently under US, EU, or UK sanctions
‘Maximum pressure’ ramps up as Ofac sanctions Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery
The US ramped up the pressure on Iran and purchasers of its oil on Thursday, imposing fresh sanctions on a Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery in Shandong province. Eight tankers and 13 companies and individuals were also designated
Crowley’s US-flagged gas carrier to ship LNG from US Gulf to Puerto Rico
Amid the Trump administration’s push to grow the US-flagged fleet, Crowley announced its recently acquired- and- reflagged liquefied natural gas carrier American Energy has secured a long-term contract to deliver US LNG to Puerto Rico