Yesterday morning, France seized another Russian shadow fleet tanker in the western Mediterranean Sea outside the Algerian coast. The oil tanker Deyna (IMO 9299903) was carrying a false flag of Mozambique the and was travelling to Port Said in Egypt after having left Murmansk, Russia.
This is the second Russian shadow fleet tanker seized this year by France. Sweden also seized a cargo vessel and Belgium seized a tanker.
Feature photo from Vessel Finder.
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[…] The United Kingdom and France are preparing to intensify efforts against Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers used to circumvent Western sanctions on Russian energy sales, marking a significant escalation in maritime enforcement across European waters. France and Britain will become more active in clamping down on the Russian shadow fleet following a series of seizures this year. […]
[…] is not the first time that France has seized sanctioned Russian vessels this year as it stepped up its enforcement campaign along with other European countries such as […]
[…] shadow fleet vessel that France has seized since last year after seizing the Pushpa, Grinch, Deyna and […]
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