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
UPDATE: US boards fifth sanctioned tanker
The US launched seized the US-sanctioned aframax Olina in the early hours of Friday
US seizes two shadow fleet tankers as Venezuela blockade is tightened
The US seizure of a shadow fleet tanker recently flagged to Russia could stoke tensions with Moscow. Russian officials had previously asked US to cease its pursuit of Bella 1, now renamed Marinera
LPG: The good, the bad and the geopolitics
After a year shaped by US-China trade swings and tightening Iran sanctions, the VLGC sector enters 2026 balancing a swelling orderbook against expanding export capacity and unpredictable geopolitical forces
Fake Iraq callers sanctioned in latest US targeting of Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’
The US announced fresh sanctions on ‘shadow fleet’ tankers on Thursday, designating 29 vessels, affiliated entities and an Egyptian businessman
Long-anticipated shadow LPG crackdown has arrived: will it matter?
US pressure on Iran’s LPG shadow fleet increased in 2025 — especially in October and November — and will likely spur an injection of new tonnage in the new year. Whether this pressure will dramatically impact exports, however, remains to be seen