Tag: shadow fleet
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Sweden captures third Russian Shadow Fleet tanker
Yesterday morning, Sweden has captured its third Russian shadow fleet vessel this year. Previously this year, Sweden seized the Sea Owl I and the grain-carrier Caffa, which passed outside the city of Trelleborg in the Baltic Sea. The vessel captured yesterday, is the Flora 1 (IMO 9307815) and was seized outside the coastal town of…
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France and the UK to step-up efforts against the Russian Shadow Fleet
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…
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France seizes another Russian shadow-fleet tanker
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…
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At least two Russian Shadow Fleet tankers anchor in Hurd’s Bank: other ships with suspicious historical activity
At least two Russian shadow fleet tankers have anchored in Hurd’s Bank in what seems to be regular operations of illegal oil trading in the area. The tankers are the Fair Breeze and the Uluc Ka (featured photo by Vessel Finder) which both have been sanctioned. Other ships currently anchored in Hurd’s Bank also have…
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Foreign Minister Ian Borg says Malta requested EU Council to keep “risky ships” away from European shores
Speaking after a European Council meeting, Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg announced that he has requested the EU Council to work to ensure that risky vessels are kept away from European shores. Referring to the Russian shadow fleet, with one of its vessels currently drifting offshore outside Maltese waters after…
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Arctic Metagaz floating westwards towards Tunisia 79 nautical miles outside Malta
The wreckage of the Russian LNG-tanker, Arctic Metagaz, is drifting westward towards Tunisia around 75 nautical miles outside Malta according to its latest position via tracking tools. The ship also seems to be under a storm. The Russian shadow fleet tanker was bombed by drones on March 3rd. The Maltese government has not yet made…
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Sweden seizes Russian sanctioned cargo vessel
Sweden seized a Russian sanctioned cargo vessel from its Shadow Fleet that transported grain from Crimea to Syria. The cargo vessel, Caffa (IMO 9143611), flew a fake flag from Guinea and was captured by the Swedish Police and Coast Guard in the Baltic Sea outside the city of Trelleborg. The vessel was traveling from Casablanca…
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Prime Minister warned about tankers-war risk by local and foreign officials: but still no security policy
The Maltese government has been aware about security risks with regard to tankers pertaining to the Russian Shadow Fleet as back as early last year. The government also held several security meetings with regard to potential security actions to take following Israel’s attack on a vessel in Hurd’s Bank and several options were considered including…
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Belgium seizes Russian oil-tanker
Belgium has seized a Russian oil “Shadow Fleet” tanker outside its coast with the help of the French navy. The ship was escorted to the port of Zeebrugge in Bruges. This is the first Russian vessel seized by Belgium and the second vessel seized in Europe this year over sanctioned-oil trading after France seize the…
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Foreign Minister holds call with Ukrainian counterpart on Russian Shadow Fleet sanctions-enforcement
Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg held a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha on the enforcement of sanctions on Russia’s oil-tanker shadow fleet. Earlier this week, Minister Borg called for more coordination on the enforcement of sanctions on Russia’s Shadow Fleet via the new Global Centre for Maritime…
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Ian Borg calls for coordinated enforcement of sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ian Borg has called for Malta and other coastal countries to continue working in a coordinated manner to ensure the effective enforcement of sanctions on addressing Russia’s “shadow fleet”. Borg made the remarks during the opening of the Annual Conference of the Sanctions Monitoring Board in…
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A list of Maltese-flagged ships trading in Russian oil
This is a work in progress because the list of Maltese-flagged ships trading in Russian oil is extensive. All of the ships listed below have traded in Russian oil in 2024 or 2025. Some of them are trading in Russian oil as I write. The most popular Russian harbours for loading Russian oil for these…
