Over 1.2 billion barrels of oil are currently in transit on tankers, driven by increased supply from OPEC+ and non-OPEC+ ...

Crude tankers are once again firing on all cylinders, with freight rates surging across all segments as oil in transit ...

Russia has managed to bypass Western sanctions by creating a shadow fleet of oil tankers. It has been estimated that around 17% of all active vessels of this class are used to transport Russian oil.

Welcome to our guide to the commodities powering the global economy. Today, reporter Alex Longley looks at what shipping rates are telling us about the state of the world’s oil supply. Supersized oil ...

The rates for chartering supertankers have surged to a nearly three-year high this month as more crude is moving out of the Middle East and the U.S. to Asia, Reuters reports, citing sources in the ...

Oil traders are rushing to grab supertankers to haul crude on a key route from the Middle East to Asia, bolstering earnings to the highest level in two-and-a-half years as suppliers across the region ...

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.

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." ...