Tankers

Israeli shipping analytics firm Windward said nearly 300 tankers are operating under false flags.

Dozens of sanctioned tankers pass through English Channel despite UK pledge to take “strong” action. Dozens of oil tankers under UK sanctions have passed through the English Channel this month, the BBC has reported. The BBC reported that the UK government received legal assurances earlier this month that such vessels could be detained. However, 42…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on allies in Europe not to release detained tankers with Russian oil.

Russia has created a global network that allows the country to receive spare parts for Finnish company Wärtsilä engines through intermediaries, despite Western sanctions.

The tanker Sagitta, which is part of the so-called “shadow fleet”, was detained as part of a US operation.

In total, in 2025, tankers owned by companies from Greece made 447 voyages from Russian ports in the Baltic Sea.

Tanker vessels have been banned from passing through German territorial waters in the North and Baltic Seas.

Britain is considering selling oil from Russian “shadow fleet” tankers to finance Ukraine.

Thanks to pressure measures coordinated between Ukraine and other states, at least 20% of the “shadow fleet” vessels have been stopped.

At least 12 Urals oil tankers are anchored off the southern coast of Oman, some since mid-December.