With five oil tankers seized—and more U.S. military action promised—the world’s fleet of so-called shadow tankers that ferry sanctioned crude are quickly hoisting a new flag: the Russian tricolor.
HMS Mersey (P283 ) and HMS Severn (P282) shadow RFN Boikiy (532), shared by the Royal Navy, Jan. 23, 2026. Royal Navy photo The Royal Navy shadowed a Russian Navy corvette and an oil tanker through ...
The French navy intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of operating as part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, a network of falsely-flagged vessels used to export oil and avoid Western ...
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