Russian Tanker Linked to Iranian Missile Shipments Drifts Near Norway’s Coast for Two Weeks

Russian Tanker Linked to Iranian Missile Shipments Drifts Near Norway’s Coast for Two Weeks

A US-sanctioned Russian-linked oil tanker associated with a shipping company accused of transporting Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia has spent more than two weeks near Norway’s Arctic maritime border, prompting heightened monitoring by Norwegian authorities.

Tanker linked to Iranian missile shipments to Russia shuttles along the Norway-Russia maritime border – sources

The 30-year-old tanker Padre, on the US sanctions list and linked to Russia’s MG-Flot, has been moving back and forth along the Norway-Russia border in the Barents Sea since late October.

Rogue tanker crosses Norwegian border | The Australian Naval Institute

For more than two weeks, a 241-metre-long oil tanker sailing under a false Nicaraguan flag has criss-crossed the Norwegian-Russian maritime border in the Barents Sea. The Padre is connected with a Russian company accused of weapons shipments from Iran, the Barents Observer reports. According to ship traffic data, the Padre (IMO 9116632) has been situated […]