Over 1.2 billion barrels of oil are currently in transit on tankers, driven by increased supply from OPEC+ and non-OPEC+ exporters, longer voyages, and rising production from the Americas.

While the U.S. is blowing up small vessels in the Caribbean, accusing Venezuela of using them to send drugs to the U.S., a ...

Bjarne Caesar Skinnerup works as a maritime pilot in the straits of Denmark. That means he’s used to seeing oil tankers. But ...

Around 13% of the global crude tanker fleet could be affected, with VLCC rates on the Middle East–China route surging and a ...

A flotilla of crude oil on the world’s oceans expanded to a fresh high as producer nations keep adding barrels and the ...

Ever since US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions in 2018, “Iran has been ...

Trading firms have diverted at least five more crude oil tankers from a major port in eastern China after the U.S. imposed ...

Ukraine says Russia is using oil tankers to launch drone attacks. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko about Russia's "shadow fleet." ...

An oil tanker undergoing repairs at a shipyard in western Indonesia caught fire early Wednesday, killing 10 people and ...

A fire and explosion on a crude palm oil tanker at a shipyard on Indonesia’s Batam Island has killed at least 10 people and ...

Fire broke out on the vessel, the MT Federal II, at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday) at a shipyard in the city ...

Another train carrying crude oil has derailed in the United States—this one erupting in flames in West Virginia. Yet it ...