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
Iran threatens total blockade on Gulf and Red Sea trade
The commander of Iran’s armed forces headquarters said his country would take ‘decisive action’ to defend its interest if the US blockade of its ports continued
Signs of scramble from Iran-linked ships amid US blockade
A US-sanctioned tanker that appeared set to challenge the US blockade made a U-turn on Monday, while US forces said they forced six vessels to turn around
Double blockade piles more uncertainty on to shipowners
US forces will enforce a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports, while Iran continues to decide which vessels can and cannot transit the Strait of Hormuz
Identity-stealing tanker set to deliver first Iranian crude cargo to India in years
A US-sanctioned VLCC with a history of identity theft is set to deliver the first Iranian crude cargo to India since 2019 following the US temporarily waiving sanctions on Iranian oil loaded prior to March 20
Hormuz uncertainty reigns as tolls, transit schemes and security remain in flux
Shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen even further despite a ceasefire, as Iran asserts control with new transit rules, threats of force and an evolving — but still unofficial — IRGC-linked toll system
Iranian activity drives increase in Strait of Hormuz traffic
There is evidence the fleet sailing the chokepoint is diversifying, but non-Iranian linked trade only accounted for a fifth of last week’s traffic