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
Chinese terminals and teapot sanctioned as US increasingly targets buyers of Iranian oil
The US introduced new sanctions on Thursday targeting Chinese buyers and facilitators of Iranian oil shipments and ‘shadow fleet’ vessels and masters
US-Houthi ceasefire not expected to spur imminent Red Sea return
Houthis say Israeli-owned ships are still ‘banned’, essentially marking a return to its December 2023 targeting scope
Trump says Houthis will stop attacking ships in the Red Sea
‘The Houthis have announced that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight, and we will honour that, and we will stop the bombings,’ Trump told reporters, adding that the Houthis said ‘they will not be blowing up ships anymore’
Risks mount for ships calling at Houthi ports
Vessels calling at Houthi-controlled ports face multiple risks: collateral damage from US and Israeli air strikes, detentions and violence from the Houthis, and US sanctions
Israel strikes Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port
The Israeli air force struck Houthi targets on Monday after a missile launched by the Yemeni faction bypassed Israeli air defences and landed near its international airport on Sunday
Iranian energy exports keep flowing as Trump threatens secondary sanctions
The US has piled on designations on Iran amid the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure 2.0’, but these has thus far failed to dent Tehran’s exports. On Thursday, Trump threatened to ‘immediately’ impose secondary sanctions on anyone buying Iranian oil or petrochemicals