Denmark Takes to the Sea to Tackle Shadow Fleet

Denmark vs. the shadow fleet

Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, two-thirds of the Danish kingdom’s income came from taxes paid by every ship passing through the Øresund strait (known in English as the Sound), the only exit from the Baltic Sea. Each ship had to declare the value of its cargo — and if the Danes thought they were understating it, Denmark had the right to buy the entire cargo at the declared value. The Danes don’t do that anymore, but they still don’t like to…

Denmark takes to the sea to tackle shadow fleet

A suspected "shadow fleet" tanker stopped in early October by French authorities. PHOTO: REUTERS Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, two-thirds of the Danish kingdom’s income came from taxes paid by every ship passing through the Oresund strait (The Sound), the only exit from the Baltic Sea.

Dyer: Mess with Denmark at your peril, Russia learning

Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, two-thirds of the Danish kingdom’s income came from taxes paid by every ship passing through the Oresund strait (The Sound), the only exit from the Baltic Sea. Each ship had to declare the value of its cargo and if the Danes thought they were understating it, Denmark had the right to buy the entire cargo at the declared value.

Denmark takes on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Tankers suspected of carrying sanctioned oil out of Russia are being targeted, Gwynne Dyer writes.

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost 1,000 elderly oil tankers, but Denmark has started stopping some and boarding them.