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
Leaked charterparty hints at premiums earned on sanctioned trades
Sanctioned trades are a risky, but potentially profitable business. Leaked documents offer anecdotal evidence as to what shipowners engaged in Iranian trades earned in 2021 and 2022
D’Amico’s $43.5m tanker acquisition falls through
Milan-listed product tanker owner d’Amico International Shipping has cancelled a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire the 2017-built tanker Amfitrion because of the sellers’ ‘failure to comply with the latest possible delivery date of the vessel’. The company plans to ‘monitor the market’ for other opportunities
Palau-flagged ship detained in Haifa for ‘inhuman’ conditions released to undergo repairs
ITF inspector Assaf Hadar described broken sanitation facilities and stench of rotten meat on board the Palau-flagged general cargoship Serafina. ‘In four years of inspecting ships for the ITF in Israel, I have never seen anything this bad,’ he said. The ship has been allowed to depart Haifa to undergo repairs, according to the Palau registry
Iran seizes Togo-flagged tanker
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data and an IRGC-affiliated news outlet indicate the seized vessel is the 1,767 dwt Betelgeuse. The incident is in line with previous Iranian arrests of small tankers it accused of smuggling fuel
One crew dead in fire on board Maersk-chartered containership
Fire on board the 2024-built, Maersk-chartered Maersk Frankfurt has claimed the life of one seafarer
Iran’s tankers double down on concealment efforts post-sanctions
Analysis of satellite and AIS data shows these ships still play a role in Iran’s oil sector, but experts insist the financial restrictions are nonetheless degrading Iran’s capabilities