Tankers

Two tankers carrying Russian oil have been unable to find buyers in the wake of tougher Western sanctions and have been anchored in the Suez Canal for more than a week.

Latvian vessels continue to supply fuel to Russian tankers belonging to the “shadow fleet”. There are no legal mechanisms to stop such operations yet.

Off the coast of India, two sanctioned vessels were transshipping Russian oil using the ship-to-ship (STS) method.

The IMO informed about the measures taken to combat the so-called “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation as part of countering the so-called substandard shipping.

At least four tankers were damaged after a drone attack on the Russian port of Tuapse. Two of the vessels belong to the “shadow fleet.”

On the night of November 2, three tankers were in the port of Tuapse on the Black Sea – two Greek and one Turkish.

New Zealand has announced the expansion of sanctions against the Russian oil industry and imposed new sanctions against 65 vessels of the so-called “shadow fleet”.

Over the past 9 months, 286 refueling operations of 177 Russian tankers were recorded by Fast Bunkering companies.

Greek tanker companies have begun to refuse to work with Russian oil companies due to sanctions imposed by the Donald Trump administration.

A new large-scale oil spill of 900 tons has been discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation.