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
Houthi attacks raise risk assessment questions for Red Sea transits
Two Houthi attacks on two ships with visible affiliations to recent Israel port calls have called into question the level of due diligence being invested in risk assessments for shipping entering high risk areas
Exclusive: How a UN-purchased tanker became a Houthi floating storage facility for Russian oil
A VLCC acquired by the UN for $55m to prevent a massive oil spill off Yemen is essentially being used by the Houthis as floating storage for Russian oil, while costs for running the vessel are still being fronted by the UN
Naval forces issue explosion warning following 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