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Tanker vessels have been banned from passing through German territorial waters in the North and Baltic Seas.

Any sea transportation of Russian oil involving European services will be legal only if the contract price does not exceed the new threshold.

Britain is considering selling oil from Russian “shadow fleet” tankers to finance Ukraine.

At least 12 Urals oil tankers are anchored off the southern coast of Oman, some since mid-December.

Routes have become longer, insurance has become more expensive, and political decisions have turned compliance into a full-fledged operational function – in 2025, these three factors had the strongest impact on freight rates, schedules, and tonnage availability.

USM continues the series of materials about what 2025 was like for global and Ukrainian shipping. This time, we recall the challenges that global carriers faced and what the shipping world will remember about the past year.

In the new sanctions package, Finland and Sweden called for a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia and the servicing of Russian oil tankers.

Ministers believe the UK can legally intercept Shadow Fleet tankers.

Ukrainian foreign intelligence reports a deepening systemic crisis in the Russian oil industry due to sanctions pressure and sales problems.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine have hit three drilling rigs of the Lukoil corporation in the Caspian Sea.

The document provides for the introduction of new tools to punish countries that buy Russian oil. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, after a meeting with US President Donald Trump, received approval to advance a bipartisan bill on sanctions against Russia. He reported this in X. According to Graham, the document, which he worked on together with Democratic…