How Russia's Shadow Fleet Forced Europe Back to Sea
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Intelligence said that Russia is pushing the creation of a “shadow fleet” of SPGROSSIA, buying up old gas tankers and building new ones to circumvent the EU embargo on LNG imports. The fleet has grown to 25 vessels, but experts doubt in its effectiveness.
Why the Shadow Fleet's Baltic Reckoning Won't Look Like the Mediterranean's
On August 2nd, Italian commandos rappelled from a helicopter onto the deck of the Toa Payoh, a Russian-linked crude carrier, in the Mediterranean. It was the second sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker an Italian-led EU naval force had boarded in under two weeks — this one recently reflagged, mid-voyage, from an unclear registry to Cameroon, sailing […] The post Why the Shadow Fleet’s Baltic Reckoning Won’t Look Like the Mediterranean’s appeared fir…
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How Russia's shadow fleet forced Europe back to sea
Europe's campaign to choke off Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine through oil revenues began with sanctions, legislation, and price caps. But as hundreds of ships helped Moscow evade those restrictions, Western governments increasingly backed those measures with aggressive maritime enforcement — deploying naval power and pirate-like tactics to disrupt the shadow fleet. As of May 2026, a Ukrainian government register has identified 1,…
Russia is expanding its LNG shadow fleet. At least 25 special ships are to help maintain exports in spite of increased EU sanctions from 2027 onwards.
The ship, named Bella I, will be dismantled at a scrapyard in India.
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