Russia's fleet of supply vessels now makes up just shy of a fifth of global oil tankers operating across the world.

The "shadow fleet" comprises often aging, uninsured ships that aim to evade sanctions on Russian energy exports.

Ukraine has imposed sanctions on more than 50 Russian captains and one Iranian captain said to be involved in Russia's ...

Denmark will ramp up inspections of ships transporting Russian oil through its narrow straits, in an effort to protect the ...

To sustain its oil exports, Russia has been drawing on a network of old tankers it sources from private sellers around the ...

Project identifies Greek owners as big winners of booming market for tankers that end up in Russian shadow fleet ...

Ceres I was already notorious. Since June 2023, Lloyd’s List had linked the vessel to the “shadow fleet”. These are vessels ...

The Danish Maritime Authority will start conducting so-called Port State Control checks on ships anchored outside Skagen that ...

The Danish authorities have changed their policy of non-interference in maritime navigation in the Baltic Sea, intending to ...

NATO has decided to launch its “Baltic Sentry” activities. It could deploy naval vessels, surveillance aircraft and uncrewed aerial drones to conduct patrols, bolstering and guaranteeing the security ...

Denmark has decided to step up inspections of tankers due to the increased activity of aging vessels transporting oil through ...

This chart shows the sales revenue of tracked European oil tankers sold to Russia, by country (in million U.S. dollars).