Europe's crackdown halves shadow fleet ships sailing under false flags, report says
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Good morning! The Russian fleet has gained 107 ships since January last year. Of these, 72 ships transported… up to the end of June this year.
According to a report published on Friday by the think tank Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), the detentions of vessels have helped reduce the number of Russian shadow fleet vessels flying false flags by more than half between October last year and June 2026.
The boardings have had an effect and stateless tankers have decreased, but experts say it is not all positive.
Europe's crackdown halves shadow fleet ships sailing under false flags, report says
Sanctions and detentions have forced 107 shadow vessels to join the Russian flag registry since January 2025, leaving them with few other options as open ship registries tighten oversight, a CREA report said.
The number of ships flying the Russian flag has increased by more than a third as Moscow takes bolder action to keep oil and gas flowing in defiance of Western sanctions. An analysis by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) published on September 25 shows that the number of vessels […]
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