An oil tanker chased by the U.S. Coast Guard paints a Russian flag to evade capture, raising geopolitical tensions and legal quandaries over sanctions enforcement and shadow fleets.

At least 34 U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers with a history of carrying Venezuelan oil are currently at sea in the Caribbean, according to an analysis from Kpler. At least 12 of those tankers appear to be filled with crude oil from Venezuela, according to ...

Strikes on four vessels signal that Kyiv is willing to expand the maritime theater of the conflict in an effort to crimp Moscow’s military funding. By Kim Barker Ephrat Livni and Valerie Hopkins Kim Barker reported from Kyiv, Ukraine; Ephrat Livni from ...

The world is edging toward a perilous precedent—one that threatens not only geopolitical stability, but the oceans themselves. As tensions escalate involving the United States, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, a new and deeply troubling idea has ...

Oil tankers carrying Russian oil appear to be avoiding the fastest Black Sea route to the Turkish straits and travel along the Georgian and Turkish coasts to avoid drone attacks from Ukraine, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

The U.S. seized the "Marinera," which was sailing to Russia from Venezuela after it had broken through an American blockade.