LONDON/ANKARA: Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap worth $1.5 billion a month that would let Iran lift oil exports substantially, in...
LONDON/ANKARA: Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap that would let Iran lift oil exports substantially, in defiance of the Western sanctions...
HAMBURG/LONDON: Syria tendered to import food on Friday using a credit line from Iran's export bank in what could be a test of last month's landmark...
BAGHDAD/LONDON: Jewish books and documents found by U.S. soldiers in the flooded headquarters of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and sent to the United...
LONDON: Iran is quietly mobilizing more ships to store and transport oil, aiming to keep its fields working and mitigate losses of several billion dollars a...
LONDON: As food begins to flow into Bashar Assad’s Syria after several months of disruption, some of the president’s close allies stand to make substantial...
LONDON/HAMBURG: Deliveries of wheat are starting to reach Syria’s ports as its bank accounts abroad are gradually being freed from sanctions, with grain...
LONDON: War and sanctions are taking an increasing toll on Syria’s vital seaborne trade, with fewer vessels calling at its cargo ports as ship owners shy away...
LONDON/SINGAPORE: While a glut of vessels is keeping shipping rates well below their precrisis peaks, the cost of shipping industrial commodities hit near...
ONCUPINAR, Turkey/LONDON: With his truck fully laden with vegetable oil, driver Mustafa Demir makes his regular trip to the Syrian border from Turkey to sell...
LONDON: An attack by assailants on a container ship in the Suez Canal has heightened risks for merchant shipping using the vital waterway, with further...
LONDON: Syria is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food stocks including wheat, as civil war and a deepening...
LONDON: Iran has taken delivery of several new oil tankers in recent weeks as it relies more on its own fleet capacity to help sustain crude export shipments...
LONDON/LIBREVILLE: Pirates have hijacked an oil products tanker with 24 crew onboard off the Gabon coast, the vessel's operator said on Wednesday, the most...
LONDON: Growing turmoil in Egypt is threatening to disrupt shipments through the Suez Canal and increase the costs for shipping lines as Cairo’s cash-strapped...
CAIRO/LONDON: A plan by Egypt's Islamist-led government to develop the land along the Suez Canal faces fierce opposition in districts that have been...
LONDON: Syria has managed to increase its grain imports in recent months after a period when it was less active on international markets, traders say, a...
LONDON: China, Russia and Kazakhstan are among the few trade allies still providing a lifeline to Iran’s vital steel and iron ore sector after most...
LONDON/CAIRO: When it raises tolls in May, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority will know that fuel costs rule out alternative routes, but some in the shipping...
PARIS/LONDON: A trade house is selling the first cargo of French wheat to Syria in almost two years via middlemen in Lebanon as Damascus seeks more secure...
COLOMBO/LONDON: An Iranian-flagged cargo ship has fled Sri Lanka's waters after weeks of detention by its navy, acting on a court order obtained by...
LONDON: Britain is deploying a back-up ship navigation system in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, to tackle the growing risks...
LONDON/TRIPOLI: Libya is having to pay extra for food imports and traders say some foreign firms are diverting shipments elsewhere due to fears - dismissed as...
LONDON/DUBAI: Iran’s food distribution system is in crisis even though Western sanctions do not directly target the market, badly hurting the poor and...
LONDON: Iranian manufacturers and builders face serious shortages of steel and other metals as a new EU export ban adds to troubles for an economy already...