The government has identified a legal basis which it believes can be used to allow UK military to board and detain vessels in so-called shadow fleets, BBC News…
Read more UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believeOut on the western Baltic, a coastguard officer radios a nearby, sanctioned oil tanker. “Swedish Coastguard calling… Do you consent to answer a few questions for us? Over.”…
Read more On the front line of Europe’s standoff with Russia’s sanction-busting shadow fleetThe so-called Russian “shadow fleet,” used to circumvent international oil sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine, is raising increasing concerns within the European Union. According to a…
Read more EU warned over Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of up to 1,400 shipsFrench soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The Boracay…
Read more French troops board oil tanker linked to Russian ‘shadow fleet’