shadow fleet

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.”

The new law allows the blocking of vessels transporting weapons, military personnel, or working for the Russian Federation in circumvention of sanctions. This was reported by People’s Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko. On July 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported in the second reading a bill that allows the application of sanctions to vessels and aircraft…

Archival data of the captain of the tanker Sable indicate systematic evasion of sanctions and involvement in reconnaissance and sabotage activities.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Maritime Security identified 20 more vessels of the Russian and 11 of the Iranian “shadow fleet”.

The heads of a family-owned company that supplied ship spare parts to Russia’s “shadow fleet” have been arrested in the Netherlands.

Sweden and Denmark will now require insurance documents from tankers passing through their territorial waters in the Baltic Sea.

The head of the Estonian Foreign Ministry explained that his country cannot block Russian tankers passing through the Baltic Sea.

Germany has stepped up inspections of tankers passing through its territorial waters to counter Russia’s “shadow fleet.”

Norway has introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia, which came into force on June 27.