shadow fleet

The government approved a plan to organize the implementation of the NSDC decision to apply personal sanctions against the captains of the Russian “shadow fleet”.

Analysts have estimated that the fleet of “shadow tankers” continues to grow by at least 30 vessels a month.

Local pilots report that they often see people in military uniform on board Russian vessels taking pictures of critical infrastructure.

Panamanian authorities have banned the registration of ships older than 15 years in an attempt to rid its fleet of dangerous and questionable players.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has imposed sanctions on captains and companies of the Russian shadow fleet.

EU countries have unused potential for sanctions against Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea, which accounts for about 70% of the flow.

On Wednesday, July 30, the President of Ukraine signed a law on the application of sanctions to vessels of the so-called Russian “shadow fleet”.

Washington has real naval tools capable of paralyzing the transportation of Russian oil, even without new sanctions or tariffs.

The restrictions target Russia’s oil sector and vessels involved in illegal oil transportation.

The European Union has approved the 18th package of sanctions against Russia. The EU called it “one of the toughest ever.”