Tankers

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.

Volgatransneft, which owns one of the vessels that crashed in the Kerch Strait at the end of 2024, may go bankrupt.

Ukraine has called on the UN to tighten sanctions against Russia to deprive the Kremlin of the resources to continue the war.

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

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”.

Germany has banned a tanker from the Russian Federation’s so-called “shadow fleet” from leaving German waters. The tanker is likely loaded with Russian oil.

India intends to abandon tankers against which the US has imposed sanctions.

Three tankers carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil from Russia are unable to enter Chinese ports due to US sanctions.

The new sanctions include Sovcomflot and 183 Russian vessels, mostly tankers of the so-called “shadow fleet.”

According to the Ministry of Environment, there is no threat to the coast of Odesa due to the fuel oil spill from Russian tankers.