Tomer Raanan
Maritime Risk Analyst
Tomer Raanan is a maritime risk analyst at Lloyd’s List, where his reporting explores how geopolitics and regulation shape seaborne commerce, and how deceptive and high-risk practices are used to evade sanctions and facilitate illicit trade.
In 2024, Tomer was named ‘Multimedia Journalist of the Year’ by the Seahorse Freight Association for uncovering a sanctions-skirting LPG shipping network tied to the owner of a London café.
Before joining Lloyd’s List in 2022 as senior reporter, he worked for a decade in private security.
Latest From Tomer Raanan
Crew abandons ship in Red Sea after Houthi attack
The crew of a Liberia-flagged, Greece-operated bulker was forced to abandon the vessel in the Red Sea after it was struck by a Houthi missile, security sources said on Sunday
Ras Isa vessel queue dissipates amid sanctions and security threats
The long queue of oil and gas tankers awaiting off the Houthi-controlled fuel port of Ras Isa has dissipated in recent weeks amid the mounting security and sanctions threat
US designates 12 tankers and Iraqi terminal in first Iran sanctions since bombing nuclear sites
After bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities in late June amid the 12-day Israel-Iran war, the US resumed its ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions campaign on Iran on Thursday with fresh designations targeting over 30 tankers, individuals and entities
Landlocked Malawi latest flag targeted by sanctioned tankers
Malawi has emerged as the latest flag registry targeted by the shadow fleet, with four UK- and EU-sanctioned tankers broadcasting AIS messages indicating Malawi as their flag. It is not clear whether the Malawi government is aware and has authorised these registrations
Origin unknown: hundreds of voyages to Iraq may be fake
Amid Ofac’s increasing scrutiny of Iran’s non-crude exports, a Lloyd’s List analysis suggests almost half of calls captured via AIS to Iraq’s Khor al Zubair port were faked, in what is likely an attempt to obfuscate the Iranian origins of oil and gas cargoes
‘Zombie’ tanker Jaya departs China for Singapore amid signs of unsuccessful discharge
AIS draught data and satellite imagery suggest the vessel may not have discharged its cargo during its latest stop in Chinese waters