shadow fleet

The accident did not hinder: Russian tankers with invalid documents continue to transport oil

After the Volgoneft tanker accident in December 2024, seven more similar vessels followed the same route. A day after the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the Volgoneft-141 vessel reloaded more than 4,000 tons of fuel oil onto a storage tanker in the Kavkaz port, despite the current ban on entering the open sea. This…

30.01.2025 - 11:49
EU prepares new sanctions: Russian aluminum and over 70 ships may be banned

The European Union is considering a new package of sanctions that includes a gradual ban on imports of Russian aluminum and other restrictions.

29.01.2025 - 13:13
Shipowners of sanctioned fleet trying to meet with Trump administration, media reports

A representative of the 2Rivers company (formerly Coral), which is considered one of the key players in the activities of the so-called shadow fleet of the Russian Federation, is seeking meetings with the administration of the new US president.

24.01.2025 - 19:00
Over 100 Russian tankers will lose their Panamanian and Barbados flags

Panama and Barbados will strip more than a hundred tankers of Russia’s shadow fleet of their flags.

24.01.2025 - 16:23
The cargo of fuel oil that spilled into the Black Sea was intended for a shadow fleet tanker

The fuel oil that spilled into the Black Sea as a result of the accident of a Russian tanker was intended for a ship of the so-called shadow fleet.

20.01.2025 - 15:31
A ship carrying timber products capsized in Russia (video)

In the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation, the Stepan Geyts vessel with a cargo of timber products capsized while leaving the berth.

17.01.2025 - 11:41
Russian oil tankers could cause an environmental disaster due to their age

The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and insurers warn that the coasts of the Baltic and North Seas are threatened with an environmental disaster every day due to the so-called “shadow fleet”.

17.01.2025 - 09:40
The EU is preparing the 16th package of sanctions against Russia: aluminum, LNG and the “shadow fleet” are in focus

New restrictions could be introduced by the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

15.01.2025 - 10:26
SBU detained Ukrainian businessmen who helped Russia circumvent sanctions with a shadow fleet

The SBU exposed the management of the Ukrainian holding and their accomplices, who helped the Russian Federation circumvent sanctions on energy exports.

10.01.2025 - 14:10
Oil traders and dozens of shadow fleet vessels may fall under new US sanctions

The United States is planning to significantly tighten sanctions on tankers carrying Russian oil.

6.01.2025 - 15:00