Tomer Raanan
Senior Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Tomer Raanan is a senior maritime intelligence 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
Red Sea U-turns continue as Houthis prepare more attacks
Increased tensions in the Red Sea come after Saudi Arabia has sought to shift crude exports away from the Middle East Gulf
VLCC operators rethink Red Sea voyages amid fresh Houthi blockade
Vessels appear to be rethinking Red Sea and Gulf of Aden voyages following the Houthi announcement of a blockade of Saudi ports, which threatens to inject more turmoil to shipping and oil markets
US to reimpose blockade on Iran
US confirms blockade on Iranian ports will be reinstated as the weeks-old ceasefire unravels
‘Southern highway’ traffic plummets amid escalating Hormuz attacks
Traceable traffic through the US-coordinated Omani lane has ground to a halt amid a quickly deteriorating security situation that threatens to reverse recent gains in flows through the strait
Shipping sustains pragmatic approach to Hormuz transits amid political uncertainty
Hormuz traffic surges as US-Iran talks are set to resume, but a long‑term plan is still elusive and shipping is enacting temporary workarounds not a strategic return
Shipping risks mount despite US-Iran agreement to pause strikes
Vessels have crossed the strait over the weekend despite the fragility of the current MOU, but participants do not see a return to pre-war levels any time soon even as the US and Iran promised to stop attacks and scheduled another round of discussions on Tuesday