All news on the topic: Oil tankers

Dozens of men with backgrounds in security and the military have been quietly travelling aboard tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil, alongside regular crews. Reporters have now spoken directly to several of these so-called “watchmen” to understand what they were doing on board.

Three tankers carrying crude exited the Strait of Hormuz last week and on Sunday with trackers switched off to avoid Iranian attacks, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed on Monday, underscoring a rising trend to sustain Middle East oil exports.

The effort to counter Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” continues, with new details emerging regularly.

While fuel smuggling out of Libya is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, the intricate maritime networks responsible for transporting these petroleum products across the globe continue to operate largely in the shadows.

You can try to minimize the impact that this situation has on your mental health, but it’s becoming impossible.”

To counter toughened Western sanctions imposed in 2022 on Russian oil exports in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine that year, the Kremlin vastly expanded what has become known as its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, made up of old vessels bought cheaply because destined for decommissioning, whose ownerships are disguised by registrations in African countries via shell companies (or are not registered at all).

Iran was quick to dismiss Donald Trump’s declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is now officially open.

Alkagesta is being investigated by EU and UK regulators for its involvement in illegal Russian oil shipments to Libya, as reported in the press.

Fuel smuggling from Libya generates billions in revenue, yet the full scope of the maritime network exporting petroleum from the country remains largely unknown.

A well-known oil trader from Baku, holding Russian, Maltese, and UAE residency status, is still finding ways to evade sanctions on Russian oil.

The head of "Rosneft" is urging the Kremlin to promptly settle the dispute with Azerbaijan — does Igor Sechin have pressing interests?

The Russian captain of a ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea in March has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

In 2022, during an investigation into locally-based companies potentially breaking sanctions, Alkagesta appeared on the list.

Media have obtained photographs of Roman Spiridonov, owner of the company Petroruss, which journalists and investigators link to shadow shipments of Russian oil.

The proprietors of a container ship have submitted a legal claim against the proprietors of a tanker that it collided with in an accident in the North Sea.

Panama will revoke the registration of 128 vessels that sail under its flag after they were targeted by sanctions from the United States, its allies, or the United Nations.

The ‘heroic’ crew of the Stena Immaculate stopped a wider disaster after it was hit in the North Sea on Monday morning, a shipping boss has said.

Russia has successfully found ways to bypass the $60 price cap on oil set in December 2022 by the G7 countries, earning an extra $53 billion from this strategy in just the first three quarters of 2024.

Days after the Russian captain of MV Solong involved in the North Sea oil tanker crash was arrested and questioned by police, it’s been revealed that five other Russian nationals were onboard.

Footage which captured the moment two ships collided in the North Sea and burst into flames has been published for the first time.

At least 13 crewmen have been thrown overboard after a Russian oil tanker reportedly split in two as large waves battered the vessel off the coast of occupied Ukraine

A loophole was discovered in the licensing regime of Great Britain, which is used by Russia to circumvent sanctions