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French naval forces intercepted and diverted the Russian-linked oil tanker Grinch on Thursday in the western Mediterranean between the southern coast of Spain

Russia’s first domestically assembled Arc7 ice-class LNG carrier has completed more than half of its Arctic transit and ice-trial program, escorted by a

The sanctioned shadow fleet tanker Hyperion has entered the Bay of Biscay and is now heading northeast toward the English Channel. The vessel is one of just a

The EU received 207 LNG cargoes from Yamal LNG in 2025, down 10 from 217 shipments in 2024, new data show. The figures highlight how little trade flows have

In a first for Germany and a potential turning point in the battle over so-called “shadow fleet” tankers, German authorities refused the Russian-linked oil

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its first formal update on Force Design 2028, a sweeping reform effort aimed at reshaping the service into a more agile and

Russia’s Arctic shadow fleet logistics chain shows momentum with a rare, simultaneous ship-to-ship (STS) loading and unloading operation at the Saam floating

U.S. authorities boarded and seized the oil tanker Olina in Caribbean waters on Friday, marking the fifth such interception in recent weeks as Washington

The oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1, now sailing as the Marinera under a Russian flag, has pushed into the North Atlantic and above 60° N, a latitude

The newly delivered Arc7 ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Alexey Kosygin has departed the Russian Far East on its maiden voyage and is heading

The oil tanker Hyperion has reflagged to the Russian registry in what analysts say is a calculated move to shield the vessel from potential U.S. seizure,

Russia’s Arctic shipping lanes have become a corridor for the global shadow fleet of sanctioned oil and LNG tankers, raising safety, environmental, and

An Arc7 ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has completed the first-ever winter pickup of LNG from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 plant, a milestone for the

A sanctioned oil tanker has for the first time established a direct geographic link between Russia’s Arctic “shadow fleet” and oil product exports to

China significantly expanded its use of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2025, completing 14 container ship voyages between Asia and Europe, up from 11 such

Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of

The Dutch-flagged cargo ship Thamesborg has arrived at a Turkish shipyard to undergo repairs following a high-profile grounding in the Northwest Passage

In an unprecedented appeal to the private shipping sector, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) asking commercial-vessel

LNG carrier Valera has arrived at PipeChina’s Beihai Terminal carrying a load of sanctioned liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Gazprom’s Portovaya LNG plant.

In recent days Russia’s medium ice-class LNG carrier Buran has failed repeatedly to reach the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Ob Bay as thick, early-season ice has