Tankers

The US and EU restrictions on Russian energy are shaping a new geopolitical situation that is positive for the tanker market.

In September 2025 alone, Russia’s crude oil exports increased from 22 to 23 million tons. Almost all of the increase was provided by Russian ports in the Black Sea.

Off the coast of Odesa region, fuel oil from Russian tankers that crashed in the Kerch Strait almost a year ago continues to be detected.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published a dossier on 139 sea vessels and 142 captains involved in the transportation of Russian and Iranian sanctioned oil on the War&Sanctions portal.

Britain has imposed sanctions on two of Russia’s largest oil companies and tankers of the so-called “shadow fleet”.

On the beaches of Anapa (Russia), fuel oil emissions from tankers that crashed in the Kerch Strait at the end of last year are again being recorded.

The Russian Ministry of Transport has proposed postponing the requirement that only Russian-built vessels be used for transportation via the Northern Sea Route.

Finnish prosecutors have appealed a court ruling that ruled that the country does not have the right to hear the case.

The head of state stressed that the so-called tankers of the Russian “shadow fleet” must be stopped, as the vessels become platforms for launching drones.

Russian vessels circumventing EU sanctions have shifted their oil transshipment operations from the Laconian Gulf to the northern Aegean Sea.