The US president had said on Tuesday he would be imposing sanctions on Russia, including ‘secondary tariffs’ on its energy customers including India, if Moscow did not halt the war in Ukraine, within 10 or 12 days

The Caribbean island of St Maarten has joined a growing queue of governments issuing warnings regarding fake ship registries being operated in their name, but so far little progress has been made in shutting them down

Satellite imagery shows two new jetties erected in Ras Isa port, as sanctions push much of oil trade in the Houthi-held port into the dark

Anchorage off East Johor used as popular shadow fleet STS hub has been officially closed

US sanctions on Iran have had a major effect on tanker shipping during recent years. The latest wave of sanctions have ensnared Singapore-based SeaLead, a rising player in container shipping

In what it said was its largest action since 2018, the US sanctioned almost 150 vessels, entities and individuals on Wednesday, primarily in connection with a sprawling network controlled by Iranian national Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of a top political adviser to Iran’s supreme leader

Tankers are accused of engaging in high-risk activities, potentially involving illegal practices like tampering with tracking systems or unauthorised transfers

Industry experts at a recent Lloyd’s List Intelligence seminar in Shanghai discussed how the rapidly evolving sanctions regime will impact trade and shipping operations

The IMO’s data on falsely flagged ships registered to fraudulent registries is dramatically underestimating the scale of the problem, but much of the data that would allow verification is missing, incomplete, or linked directly to the fraudulent operations

The connected network of fraudulent ship registries is growing rapidly, allowing sanctioned ships to move quickly between fake identities using certificates created to order