Tomer Raanan
Maritime Risk Analyst
Tomer Raanan is Lloyd’s List’s maritime risk analyst 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
US targets sprawling ‘shadow banking’ network linked with Iranian oil shipments
After a short period of relative quiet on the ‘maximum pressure’ front, the US has slapped fresh sanctions on a sprawling ‘shadow banking’ network of exchange houses and front companies used to move money from oil and petrochemical sales
Iran gas shipments to China plow on despite increased scrutiny
Amid the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran and signals from regulators of increased scrutiny of its non-crude exports, the fleet ferrying Iranian LPG continues to ship out near-record amounts of cargo
US-blocked VLCC Jaya skirts sanctions with scrapped ship masquerade
Sanctioned VLCC Jaya evaded detection by repeatedly changing its name and MMSI numbers, adopting the identity of a scrapped ship and spoofing AIS/GNSS data — enabling it to covertly transport Iranian oil to China despite tightening US sanctions and global surveillance
Panama blasts ‘misleading claims’ on Iran oil complicity
The Panama Maritime Authority has substantially reduced its share of the Iran-trading fleet over the past 18 months, but US pressure group UANI says it is still complicit in facilitating Iran’s oil export. The Panamanian government says it rejects the ‘misleading claims’
First ship enters Houthi-controlled Al Salif since May air strikes
Vessel traffic has partially resumed at Houthi-held Al Salif port, with a new ship arriving on Saturday for the first time since early May
Vessel traffic slows to trickle at Yemen’s stricken ports
In the weeks following the Israeli air strikes against Houthi-controlled ports of Al Salif and Hodeidah, vessel traffic has slowed to its lowest levels in the past 17 months, but not stopped completely