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
Fresh US sanctions hit Greek shipowner and gas carriers linked to Iranian LPG ‘magnate’
The US announced fresh sanctions on Thursday, designating more vessels linked to Iranian LPG network, a Greek shipowner, and dozens of other entities, individuals, and vessels
Elaborate tanker identity theft scam used to hide Houthi trade
The identity of a tanker stranded in a Ukrainian port has been hijacked to conceal callings at Houthi-controlled Ras Isa port, illustrating the growing sophistication of maritime fraud and challenges in enforcing US sanctions on the Yemeni faction and the UNVIM inspection mechanism
US sanctions shine spotlight on Iranian LPG transhipment in Sri Lanka
Colombo-listed Laugfs Gas is preparing to challenge US sanctions that accuse its subsidiary of trading Iranian LPG. An analysis of vessel arrivals to the Laugfs’ terminal in Hambantota shows nearly all arrivals over the past 24 months were shadow LPG fleet vessels suspected of carrying Iranian LPG
Sanctioned LPG fleet swells in October but impact remains to be seen
The US announced sweeping sanctions on Iran’s LPG shadow fleet last month, bringing the total of Iran-trading LPG carriers designated by Ofac to over 40%. Whether that impacts Iran’s LPG supply chain remains to be seen
More LPG carriers are spoofing loadings in Russia. It’s not entirely clear why
The gas carriers are employing the playbook of vessels moving sanctioned oil and gas cargoes, but the reason is unclear. Russian LPG is not subject to restrictions under the G7 price cap and is only subject to some import restrictions by the EU