Russia's Shadow Tanker Fleet

gCaptain’s full coverage of the “shadow tanker” fleet being used to transport sanctioned Russian oil exports to global markets.


Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Environment

Oil Spill Fears Mount as Russia Tankers Reject Key Danish Pilots

(Bloomberg) — Tankers hauling Russian crude through Denmark’s perilous shipping straits are increasingly rejecting the services of pilots when they do

September 11, 2024
Total Views: 6384

Thursday, August 22, 2024
Shipping

London-Based Ship Registry Helps Keep Russian Oil Tankers Underway

(Bloomberg) — Three oil tankers that are under British sanctions for transporting Russian petroleum are sailing under the flag of a nation that bases its

August 22, 2024
Total Views: 982

Monday, July 22, 2024
Shipping

Dark Fleet Caper Exposes Growing Risks in Crowded Malacca Strait

(Bloomberg) — A collision that set two vessels ablaze off Singapore has underlined the growing risks in the crowded Straits of Malacca, as the dark fleet

July 22, 2024
Total Views: 3717

Friday, July 19, 2024
Shipping

UK Leads European Initiative to Combat Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’

The UK has initiated a ‘Call to Action’ at the European Political Community summit to disrupt Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, which

July 19, 2024
Total Views: 790

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Shipping

Russian Games Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

(Bloomberg) — Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A

July 17, 2024
Total Views: 4284

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Shipping

Dozens of Tankers Sanctioned Over Russian Oil Are Sitting Idle Around the World

(Bloomberg) — From the frigid waters of Russia’s Baltic Sea to the Pacific shores of Vladivostok, dozens of tankers that previously moved Moscow’s

July 10, 2024
Total Views: 2422

Friday, June 28, 2024
Shipping

After Oil, Russia May Now Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

(Bloomberg) — In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to

June 28, 2024
Total Views: 943

Monday, June 24, 2024
Shipping

EU Targets Russia’s Dark Fleet in Latest Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – For the first time the EU is targeting specific vessels part of Russia’s dark fleet created to circumvent the oil price

June 24, 2024
Total Views: 1774

Shipping

Russian LNG Shipments via Arctic Resume, Easing Red Sea and Sanctions Constraints

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As Arctic sea ice retreats for the summer months Russia’s Northern Sea Route is again open for business. Days after oil

June 24, 2024
Total Views: 2140

Thursday, June 20, 2024
Shipping

EU Sanctions Package Hit Russian LNG, Shadow Fleet Tankers

By Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union has approved a new package of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, seeking to tighten the

June 20, 2024
Total Views: 1252

Monday, June 17, 2024
Shipping

Denmark Seeks to Stop Shadow Tanker Fleet Carrying Russian Oil

COPENHAGEN, June 17 (Reuters) – Denmark is considering ways to stop a so-called shadow fleet of tankers from carrying Russian oil through the Baltic

June 17, 2024
Total Views: 6006

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Shipping

EU Proposing Sanctions on Russia Shipping Giant Sovcomflot

By Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union is proposing to sanction Russia’s oil-shipping giant Sovcomflot PJSC in a move to limit the

June 11, 2024
Total Views: 938

Saturday, June 8, 2024
Shipping

Finland Wants EU Oil-Spill Vessel To Counter Shadow Fleet Risks

By Leo Laikola (Bloomberg) –Finland called for the European Union to procure a vessel to be on standby for oil spills in the northern parts of the

June 8, 2024
Total Views: 1081

Thursday, June 6, 2024
Shipping

Safety Dangers From Sanctioned Tanker Fleet Growing

ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) – Safety dangers are growing from ageing and unregulated vessels, leading ship management firm V.Group told Reuters,

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 582

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Weighs Additional Sanctions on Russia-China Trade

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – The United States and its partners are prepared to use sanctions and export controls to prevent China-Russia

May 28, 2024
Total Views: 796

Sunday, May 12, 2024
Navy

Naval Exercises Intensify as Greece Aims to Prevent Russian Oil Transfers

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) Greece’s Navy extended a series of exercises aimed at preventing tankers from transferring Russian oil just miles off its

May 12, 2024
Total Views: 4991

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Shipping

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years

May 5, 2024
Total Views: 1839

Sunday, April 28, 2024
Shipping

Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker That Crashed Had Void Western Insurance

By Alex Longley and Sanne Wass (Bloomberg) –A shadow-fleet oil tanker that crashed in Denmark’s vital straits produced a set of insurance documents

April 28, 2024
Total Views: 4262

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Shipping

EU’s Proposed Russia Sanctions to Target More Ships

By Julia Payne and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 24 (Reuters) – The European Commission is expected to propose sanctions on ships delivering North Korean

April 24, 2024
Total Views: 840

Friday, March 22, 2024
Shipping

Oil Tanker Firm Fractal Loses Bid to Escape UK Sanctions

By Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg) — A Dubai-based shipping firm that was targeted for being part of Russia’s shadow fleet has lost a court bid to

March 22, 2024
Total Views: 1401