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Second Shadow Tanker Off Venezuela Reflags to Russia, Testing U.S. Seizure Policy
The oil tanker Hyperion has reflagged to the Russian registry in what analysts say is a calculated move to shield…
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Arctic Shipping Lane Sees Surge in ‘Shadow Fleet’ Traffic, Totaling 100 Sanctioned Vessels
Russia’s Arctic shipping lanes have become a corridor for the global shadow fleet of sanctioned oil and LNG tankers, raising…
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Senegal Tanker Blast Puts Spotlight on Turkish Operator’s Ties to Russia’s Dark Fleet
Several tankers operated by Turkey’s Be?ikta? Likid, the operator of the Mersin, were sanctioned by Ukraine in the past for…
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Russian ‘Dark Fleet’ LNG Carrier Carrying Sanctioned Gas Reappears Off South China Coast
A liquefied natural gas tanker carrying sanctioned Russian gas has reappeared near China’s Hainan Island three weeks after a dark…
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How a ‘Dark Fleet’ of Tankers Helped a Mexican Cartel Build a Fuel-Smuggling Empire
Oct 22, (Reuters) – On the afternoon of March 8, a petroleum tanker named Torm Agnes entered the Port of Ensenada on…
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Iranian Tankers Go Dark Again After Three Days of Unusual AIS Transparency
Iran’s National Iranian Tanker Company fleet has returned to conducting dark operations after an unprecedented three-day period of AIS transparency…
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China Joins Russia’s Shadow Fleet with First-Ever Dark LNG Ship-to-Ship Transfer
Russia has carried out its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) using so-called “shadow fleet” vessels, teaming…
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Zombie Ships Are Fast Becoming a Feature of Venezuelan Oil Trade
On Good Friday, an aging supertanker fully laden with oil and calling itself Varada arrived in the waters to the…
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Sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG Project Awakens After Winter With Gas Flaring Visible at Both Production Lines
Russia has apparently turned the lights back on at its sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant. Images taken by the European…
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First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet
An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment…
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