The government of Comoros has begun a clean-out of its international flag registry which has been central to sanctions-circumventing dark fleet tankers shipping Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil. There are now 62 tankers, three liquefied petroleum gas carriers and one tug declared as falsely flying the Comoros flag, according to the EU’s Equasis database. Ships...

Greek-owned tankers shipped 16% of all Russian crude over August, with the EU and UK introduction of a lower price cap this month now sidelining any further involvement. Greek shipowners carried 27% of Russian crude in June, 20% in July, and 16% in August. The analysis is based on Windward data, compiled using figures from...