The U.S. and other western countries have issued sanctions on Russian oil exports since 2022. The Planet Money team explains how the country's shadow fleet of aging oil tankers evades policing.

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FOOTAGE shows the moment a huge explosion rips through a major Russian oil port after a “monster” missile attack from Ukraine ...

Around 1.4 million barrels per day of Russian oil, or almost a third of the country's seaborne exporting potential, remain in ...

This is the heart-stopping moment a giant oil tanker ship crashed into a ferry packed full of passengers in the Singapore Strait. The MV Horizon 9 was carrying locals from Batam, Indonesia, across the ...

U.S. sanctions on Russia and Iran have led to an unprecedented volume of crude oil stored in tankers, signaling a potential market glut despite low on-land inventories.

A spike in freight rates for tankers hauling oil has prompted a wave of vessels to join the lucrative trade, with dozens of ...

The vessel’s U-turn in the Fehmarn Belt occurred a week after the US slapped sanctions on state-owned Rosneft and fellow Russian oil giant Lukoil PJSC.

An India-bound tanker filled with Russian crude reversed course and is now idling in the Baltic Sea, a sign of potential disruption in oil trade between the two countries after the US tightened ...