December 23, 2025
What Is the Dark Fleet? How Shadow Tankers Fund Sanctioned Regimes
At a Glance What Is the Dark Fleet? The dark fleet is a loose but increasingly well-defined group of oil tankers and cargo vessels that engage in deceptive shipping practices to transport sanctioned oil and other restricted commodities. These vessels continue trading globally while deliberately complicating detection, attribution, and enforcement under international maritime regulation. Unlike...
