Tankers

The UK has reported a significant increase in the presence of Russian warships near its waters.

Oil tanker charter rates have risen to their highest level in five years as buyers look for alternatives to Russian oil.

In just nine months of this year, the number of ships under false flags has doubled.

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”.