On Good Friday, an aging supertanker fully laden with oil and calling itself Varada arrived in the waters to the east of Malaysia after a two-month voyage from Venezuela.
https://gcaptain.com/zombie-ships-are-fast-becoming-a-feature-of-venezuelan-oil-trade/
Russia has apparently turned the lights back on at its sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant. Images taken by the European Sentinel 2 satellite reveal flaring at both production lines, Train 1 and Train 2, as well as the adjacent main flare.
Germany has confiscated a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January that is believed to be part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, the Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday, citing security sources.
https://gcaptain.com/germany-confiscates-tanker-belonging-to-russian-shadow-fleet/
An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment for the so-called dark fleet in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
https://gcaptain.com/first-sanctioned-ship-gets-scrapped-in-watershed-for-dark-fleet/
By Julian Lee Feb 21, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A cargo of Russian oil that’s under heavy US sanctions vanished from global tracking systems, evidence of how difficult it will be to keep…
https://gcaptain.com/sanctioned-russian-oil-vanishes-from-tracking-in-gulf-of-oman/
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Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has highlighted several areas high on the agenda of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as it embarks on a busy work schedule for 2025. Speaking at … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/top-maritime-focus-areas-in-2025/
By David Lawder, Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. is looking at further sanctions on “dark fleet” tankers and will not…
By Weilun Soon Nov 13, 2024 (Bloomberg) – After a dark-fleet ship exploded off the coast of Malaysia in May last year, its scorched wreck was sent to an Indonesian scrapyard. Then,…
https://gcaptain.com/re-appearing-dark-fleet-vessel-underlines-zombie-ship-challenge/
Taskin Torlak, a 37-year old Turkish national, was arrested in Miami, Nov. 2, and is currently being held in the Miami Federal Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions in a dark fleet scheme to transport oil from Venezuela for the benefit of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), Venezuela’s state-owned oil and natural gas company.
Torlak was arrested as he attempted to depart the United States to return to Turkey. He is charged by complaint with one count...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/dark-fleet-suspect-arrested-in-miami/
The U.K. has sanctioned 10 vessels in Russia’s “shadow fleet” of ships that use illicit practices to avoid sanctions on Russian oil. This is the third time that the U.K. has sanctioned individual vessels, targeting those who undermine sanctions and facilitate Russia’s oil trade.
“Today’s action will directly target vessels in Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’, used by Russia as a desperate attempt to undermine U.K. and G7 sanctions and continue unfettered trade in Russian oil,” says the U.K. Foreign,...