After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas June 28, 2024 By Bloomberg News In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow...
Sanctions Damaging Safety at Sea, Says Sanctioned Ship Group Sovcomflot June 27, 2024 Sanctions on shipping companies are undermining safety at sea and pose dangers for trade as ship standards are impacted, the...
Venezuela Resorts to Using Shadow Tankers to Supply Oil to Ally Cuba June 27, 2024 By Marianna Parraga Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba,...
Top Shipping Flag Cuts Approval for Sanctioned Russian Insurer June 18, 2024 By Alex Longley The world’s largest shipping register withdrew its approval for Russia’s Ingosstrakh Insurance Co. to provide a key document enabling ships...
Denmark Seeks to Limit Shadow Tanker Fleet Carrying Russian Oil June 17, 2024 Denmark is considering ways to stop a so-called shadow fleet of tankers from carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea,...
Russia’s Ingosstrakh Weighs Legal Action After UK Sanctions June 17, 2024 Russia’s Ingosstrakh said on Friday it may challenge UK sanctions in court and was seeking clarification about the measures imposed...
UK Puts First Sanctions on Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Oil Tankers June 13, 2024 By Ellen Milligan and Alberto Nardelli The UK announced wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, including a first attempt to clamp down on a shadow-fleet of tankers transporting...
Russian Oil Tanker Does Secret Cargo Switch Near Singapore to Dodge US Sanctions June 10, 2024 By Julian Lee The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another...
Safety Dangers From Sanctioned Tanker Fleet Growing, Ship Manager Says June 6, 2024 By Jonathan Saul Safety dangers are growing from aging and unregulated vessels, leading ship management firm V.Group told Reuters, adding it had stopped...
Sanctioned Oil Tankers Pose Rising Environmental Risk in Mediterranean, Greece Says June 5, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou Unregulated tankers sidestepping Western sanctions are posing a bigger risk to the Mediterranean region and Greece is undertaking more protective...