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Russia has apparently equipped one of its most strategically important liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with heavy machine guns, according to photographs

By Charlie Duxbury Jun 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Sweden is fitting machine guns to its civilian coast guard vessels to better counter what it views as

Russia's navy has conducted military drills in the Baltic Sea, practicing unguided missile launches, bombing runs and missile strikes, it said, as major

Russia's Federal Security Service announced on Monday that divers had discovered magnetic explosive devices attached to the hull of a Liberia-flagged liquefied

Norway has officially become a full member of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), marking a significant expansion of regional

STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Sunday it had seized a tanker in the Baltic Sea believed to be part of Russia’s

May 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it

April 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia’s oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara

NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia's "shadow fleet" vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers and other ships sanctioned

The Swedish Coast Guard said on Friday it had seized an oil tanker in the Baltic Sea that is believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet and suspected to

Russia’s Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea has halted crude loadings as Ukraine carried out the most intense air strike on its foe in more than a year, setting

Swedish authorities have boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Baltic Sea after determining the vessel may be operating under a false flag, marking the second

Leaders from two Nordic states expressed skepticism over ambitions to seize vessels linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, signaling that proposals

The most extensive sea ice in 15 years around Russia’s key Baltic Sea commodity ports could curb a chunk of the nation’s vast exports program because of a

Russia has dispatched two powerful icebreakers, including a nuclear-powered vessel, from Arctic waters to the Baltic Sea to help keep shipping lanes open as

Operations at the floating LNG import facility Mukran off the Baltic coast of Germany resumed this week after icebreaking efforts by the multipurpose vessel

New data compiled by the Danish Maritime Authority reveals that EU-sanctioned tankers linked to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” made 292 voyages

The Chinese captain of a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of criminal damage, following allegations that his vessel

Estonian authorities released the Russia-bound Baltic Spirit early Wednesday after finding no drugs despite a helicopter-borne SWAT operation. The failed

Estonia's Tax and Customs Board said late on Tuesday it had detained a container ship sailing under the Bahamian flag in Estonia's internal waters that may be