The British authorities’ boarding of the Smyrtos in the English Channel earlier this year displaced Russia’s shadow-fleet tankers but did not reduce the number sailing past the UK. The impact of boardings will be limited without a more coordinated campaign of pressure across the shadow fleet and its wider support network.

A group of sanctioned Russian tankers, along with four cargo ships, are currently drifting in the Kara Sea while waiting for nuclear-powered icebreakers to…

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OSC returns to the UN Security Council to brief on continued DPRK maritime sanctions violations.

South Korean authorities have detained a cargo ship over suspected violations of U.N. sanctions on North Korea, Seoul’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday, months after the bust. The 10,730-ton P...

В Средиземном море впервые с 2013 года не осталось ни одного российского военного корабля. На это обратил внимание OSINT-проект Russian Forces Spotter.

On the morning of June 30, a Russian warship disrupted the observation of the sanctioned tanker Kira K, which was carrying over 100,000 metric tons of Russian…

I’m trying to better understand this emerging fishing pattern — and I'd love to hear from people who've actually seen it in action. Something interesting is showing up in vessel-tracking data, and I...

The superyacht Graceful, which has been linked to Vladimir Putin, has appeared on radar for the first time since 2022. It was spotted off the coast of Denmark…

At least 11 tankers classified by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency as being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” have passed through the English Channel since…

French authorities have seized the tanker Deliver (IMO: 9194983) off the coast of Sicily, saying the vessel is linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet.” French…

The Russian “shadow fleet” tanker Pate (IMO: 9338905), sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, began transmitting unusual navigation data after entering the…

New Zealand has launched a 24/7 monitoring capability with Starboard and Kordia to protect the subsea cables carrying around 99% of the country's data.

The tanker Forwarder (IMO: 9419448), which is under UK, U.S. EU, Canadian, Swiss, and Ukrainian sanctions, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag…

Several Russian “shadow fleet” tankers heading toward the English Channel began changing routes after British forces detained the vessel Smyrtos, the first…

British forces carried out their first operation to detain a vessel from Russia’s “shadow fleet” earlier today, according to a statement issued by the UK…

Royal Marine commandos and National Crime Agency officers boarded the Smyrtos in the Channel during the early hours of Sunday

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