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
VLGCs in tariff tailspin as spot rates nosedive
Very large gas carriers are feeling the impact of tariffs due to their high exposure to US-China trade. Freight rates across the three main shipping lanes have cratered since Monday, with the Baltic Exchange BLPG Index down over 51%. However, a reshuffling of routes that leads to more US LPG going to India could ultimately support rates
US warns against Houthi oil shipments as Yemeni faction unveils its ‘sanctions regulations’
The US is warning entities and nations from running afoul of its tightened sanctions against the Houthis. Meanwhile, the Yemeni faction has announced new sanctions that could see countries face ‘restrictions on maritime transportation’ for a broad array of actions perceived as supporting ‘the usurping Zionist entity’
FMC probes flag states harbouring ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
After previously announcing an investigation into maritime choke points, the US Federal Maritime Commission chairman Sola is continuing to embrace a growing role beyond regulating liner shipping, and is now probing flag states facilitating sanctioned oil trades
Tariff turbulence poised to reshuffle VLGC trades
VLGC are the most at-risk for disruption from China’s announcement of a retaliatory 34% tariff on US imports. While a reshuffling of trade flows could result in longer voyages for VLGCs, much remains unknown
Shipping companies that embraced DEI not rattled by backlash, forum hears
‘It is not that we insist on people being seen or being hired because of who they are as a person, but who they are as a professional,’ said Wista International president Elpi Petraki
‘Nonsense’ port fee plan will ‘go away’ after Trump
Speakers at the Connecticut Maritime Association conference on Tuesday voiced their opinion of the proposed port free plan and offered a view of the current investment landscape for shipping