The Week in Focus Three developments this week carry direct implications for maritime operations worldwide: the U.S. announcing a blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan tankers as Caribbean dark fleet activity surges 95% year-on-year; Ukraine expanding drone strikes against Russia’s sanctions-evasion tankers in the Black Sea; and escalating air-sea confrontations in the East China Sea prompting a...

At a Glance From Monitoring to Intervention The dark fleet – tankers engaging in dark activities while moving sanctioned oil, cycling through false flags, and obscuring ownership – has continued to expand, reaching more than 1,900 vessels by the end of Q3. Governments had visibility into this activity. What was less consistent was how that...