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
Hormuz traffic is up, but confusion reigns over the strait and tolls remain on the table
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has surged after a partial reopening, but shipowners face a chaotic two-route system and renewed uncertainty as Iran, Oman and the US clash over control — while the prospect of tolls refuses to die
US issues two-month sanctions waiver on Iranian oil
Ofac has published the General License X, authorising a broad array of transactions related to shipments of Iranian oil, petroleum products and petrochemical products for a two-month period
Flag purge fails to dent Cameroon’s shadow fleet hub status
Cameroon may have deregistered 36 vessels, claiming to have dealt with the shadow fleet influx of tonnage, but 155 of its 165 active international ships remain sanctioned or part of the shadow fleet
Ofac continues Iranian LPG crackdown with fresh sanctions
Fresh US sanctions target a UAE-based network shipping Iranian LPG
US sanctions and blockade drive Iran’s LPG fleet deeper into the shadows
Sanctions on Iran’s LPG fleet have expanded rapidly since late last year. The fleet’s tactics have adapted and shifted amid the crackdown, but the US blockade has seen shipments plummet
One in every six Strait of Hormuz transits is fraudulently flagged
One in six vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz since March 1 has been flying a fraudulent flag