Tanker News – US Imposes Sanctions on Russia’s Leading Tanker Company Sovcomflot – 23.02.2024

Last Friday 23rd February, the United States of America (USA) has imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker group SOVCOMFLOT (SCF) of which Washington seeks to reduce Russia’s revenues from oil sales it can use to support the invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department stated. Russia is one of the world’s top oil exporters and the […]
Tanker News – Iran warns further tankers could be detained – 30.05.2022

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that other Greek tankers currently in the Persian Gulf could be detained as the dispute between the two nations continues about the fate of an Iranian oil cargo onboard a Russian-flagged tanker that was seized in Greece in April. Iranian forces detained two Greek owned tankers – the […]