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Jan 9, 2026 - Anna Turley said the Government is monitoring everything Russia does in UK waters after a 'zombie' oil tanker, part of Putin's shadow fleet, was...

Apr 30, 2024 - Though it’s impossible to block this subversive armada, there are steps the bloc could take that would at least make Russia’s business harder to...

Shadow fleet tankers servicing Venezuela are starting to join the growing list of flag-hopping vessels leaving fraudulent registers and joining the Russian flag

May 1, 2025 - The owners of the LNG tankers that have lied idle in the Russian part of the Barents Sea for almost five months suddenly decided to give the ships new names...

Jan 13, 2026 - Plans to use oil seized from the tankers in the fight against Putin would have a ‘double impact on Russia’s war machine’

Aug 8, 2025 - The introduction of new control mechanisms come at the same time as a suspicious tanker has been criss-crossing outside Norway's Arctic coast for more than...

Oct 24, 2025 - Moscow’s creaky and unregulated tankers are ferrying illicit oil across the globe—with alarming consequences for the world’s oceans

Dec 19, 2025 - Russian personnel with links to the country’s military and security services have engaged in spying in European waters while working covertly on ships...

Dec 3, 2025 - Gambia purges dozens of shadow-fleet tankers as pressure mounts on weak registries, exposing how sanctioned vessels exploit fraudulent flags to evade oversight.

Apr 25, 2025 - Robin Brooks and Ben Harris document the expansion of Western sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers.

Feb 4, 2026 - Of all the weapons in Vladimir Putin’s arsenal, the most strategically crucial has proved to be not hypersonic missiles but the motley fleet of oil tankers...

Another tanker of Russian shadow fleet caught fire in Black Sea. Live Universal Awareness Map Liveuamap is a leading independent global news and information...

Nov 26, 2025 - Each vessel that goes dark removes a small piece of the world’s safety awareness, and that loss is beginning to matter.

Australia’s corporate supply chains may be legally compliant today, however tightening sanctions on Russian oil could leave payments, lines of credit...

Oil from two damaged Russian tankers, allegedly part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting ships, has spilled into the waters off Crimea,...

Ships unofficially connected with Russia are presenting a new threat in the Baltic. Neighboring states must respond creatively and proactively.

UK slaps 137 new sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet, targeting $24B in oil exports as part of efforts to drain Putin’s war chest and enforce the oil price...

Nov 20, 2025 - A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's "shadow navy" of civilian...

From the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Ukrainian naval special forces and sea drones are systematically disabling vessels that carry...

Dec 18, 2025 - The new sanctions bring the total of sanctioned "shadow fleet" ships to 600, according to the Council of the EU.

Mar 9, 2025 - The United States vetoed a Group of Seven (G7) proposal to establish a joint task force that would tackle sanctions evasion related to Russia's...

A Russian shadow fleet vessel is sailing through the Channel under a false name. Earlier, China accused the US of violating international law with...

May 28, 2025 - After having been at standstill for the whole winter, a sanctioned fleet of tankers prepare for export of Russian LNG across the Northern Sea Route.

Jan 14, 2026 - The foreign secretary promised more "assertive action" to tackle sanction-busting oil tankers in Russia’s shadow fleet.

Aug 13, 2024

May 8, 2025 - Today, we’re seeing the broken windows theory play out on the high seas: lawlessness begetting more lawlessness.

Aug 7, 2024 - On 4 July 2024, the oil tanker Torex departed from the Russian port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea. With a capacity of more than 100,000 tons, it was loaded...

Jan 1, 2026 - Undeclared nuclear reactor components bound for North Korea were allegedly aboard the Ursa Major when it sank off Spain in 2024, with damage consistent with a...

Aug 26, 2024 - The countries buying oil transported by these dark vessels could be more receptive to nudges, as they, too, face significant risks.

Oct 30, 2025 - Several sanctioned tankers are loading liquefied natural gas at the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Gydan and at the Saam FSU near Murmansk.

Dec 7, 2025 - A tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet remains stranded off Bulgaria's coast, with weather hindering access, as authorities monitor the situation...