At a Glance The Black Sea has become increasingly treacherous for Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers. Following a wave of Ukrainian maritime drone strikes in late November and December, vessels transporting Russian crude have abandoned their traditional direct routes across open water. Instead, they’re taking a dramatically longer path — hugging the coastlines of...
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...
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