Acc. to our analysis the oil spill hasn't reached Oman's mainland coast yet. But grows. Oman must deploy all resources it has to contain this spill. And call for int. assistance if needed. Hard to understand why measures were not taken immediately. maritime-executive.com/article/oman...

Oman’s Turtle Coast Hit by Oil Leaking From the Tanker Caroline Bezengi

The environmental catastrophe predicted when salvage surveyors inspected the Russian dark fleet Supermax, the Cameroon-flagged Caroline Bezengi (159,1...

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The Caroline Bezengi also served Russian ports in the Baltic. Oman's nightmare could have been ours. The #shadowfleet needs to be stopped. #oilfuelswar

Tom Bike@tombike.bsky.social · 7d ago

🚨 Tanks on grounded Russian dark fleet Suezmax tanker CAROLINE BEZENGI appear to have been breached! 🚨 Based on thick dark crude oil spotted TODAY 👇& 40 km oil spill spotted 3 days ago on RADAR at 17.4938,56.3213 In brown color between ship and island and going eastward along island.

Final UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: 0/0 No action on either vessel. #Invicta delivered cargo to India. #Zambra at anchor of Egypt, app. still laden. Invicta changed flag to Eq. Guinea.

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · 4w ago

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? The #Invicta finally decided to give it a try, squeezing along the coast of Africa. Sanctioned #Zambra still mulling options.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? The #Invicta finally decided to give it a try, squeezing along the coast of Africa. Sanctioned #Zambra still mulling options.

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: 0/? The #Invicta 's foul didn't stand up to the video ref. It returned to Gibraltar. Now on idle again. Sanctioned #Zambra still the same. #shadowfleet

Cameroon & Sierra Leone flagged #shadowfleet tankers in distress. 🆘 Both countries lately been the go to places No. 1 & 2 for sanction breaking tankers. 5 laden tankers flagged in these 2 countries now on holding position off Kaliningrad. Joined by empty tankers flagged in other countries.

Cameroon's Ministry of Transport just confirmed to me to have delisted the #Thron on June 30. Yet, it still transmits Cameroon's flag via AIS. Being false flagged now, might explain its apparent STS tranfer of crude oil to the #NightGlory spotted by @auonsson.bsky.social #shadowfleet

auonsson@auonsson.bsky.social · last mo.

Russia opens a new dangerous chapter in Baltic Sea? - STS STS entails moving oil (usually) from one tanker to another, at sea. It is done to obfuscate origin and round sanctions. Known hotspots are intl waters of Greece and Malaysia. Now, it seems to take root in Baltic Sea.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: 0/? The #Invicta 's foul didn't stand up to the video ref. It returned to Gibraltar. Now on idle again. Sanctioned #Zambra still the same. #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: 0/foul The #Invicta seems to have given up. Now heading for Brazil? #Marven passed France w/o problem. Sanctioned #Zambra still undecided. #shadowfleet

The #CrownJewels seized by China! This 26yr old, #Barbados flagged #shadowfleet tanker (IMO 9202388) showed nine - what seem to be major - deficiences and got detained by Chinese authorities. Good to see this happening. Port state controls are far too rarely done this seriously.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: 0/foul The #Invicta seems to have given up. Now heading for Brazil? #Marven passed France w/o problem. Sanctioned #Zambra still undecided. #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? Invicta got a new partner, 27yr old sanctioned Zambra (9175078). Both lingering since days west of Gibraltar. Waiting for RF navy escort? #shadowfleet

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. ZAMBRA Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? Invicta got a new partner, 27yr old sanctioned Zambra (9175078). Both lingering since days west of Gibraltar. Waiting for RF navy escort? #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? All eyes on France's Med forces #shadowfleet

Had a chance today to experience first hand how much tension the #shadowfleet creates in the #Baltic. Documenting sanctioned #Kira_K in the Fehmarn Belt, together with politicians & media, first made German coast guard (Bayreuth) show up, then Russian corvette Soobrazitelnyy (RF 531).

The #Invicta won't catch um with #Marven. Instead, it is taking some sort of #coolingbreak since about 5hrs, west of Gibraltar. #shadowfleet #oilfuelswar

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? All eyes on France's Med forces #shadowfleet

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/0 France: 0/0 France Med: ?/? All eyes on France's Med forces #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/? France: ?/? Anyone placing a bet on a last minute UK effort on the #Invicta? All eyes on France now. #shadowfleet

Sweden calls on EU allies to also start boarding & eventually detaining #shadowfleet vessels. Sweden's foreign minister #Stenergard does not want to single out any country, but clearly addresses Germany, whose waters are increasingly used by tankers to avoid Sweden. Go 🥨! svt.se/nyheter/inri...

Regeringen: Fler EU-länder måste borda skuggflottan

Regeringen kräver nu att fler EU-länder slår till mot fartyg från den ryska skuggflottan. Det skriver man i ett brev till EU:s utrikeschef Kaja Kallas. – Det måste vara en gemensam uppgift att motverk...

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⚠️ #Pluton, Russia flagged, sanctioned, 21yr old, fully laden 100,000t #shadowfleet tanker currently drifting in the North Sea, off Denmark.

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/0 UK: 0/? France: ?/? Anyone placing a bet on a last minute UK effort on the #Invicta? All eyes on France now. #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · last mo.

#Marven is taking the classic route avoiding the #WetRep area. #Invicta is taking costly extra precautions. Good luck. Has anyone here seen this routing before? #shadowfleet #oilfuelswar

The #Deliver has been on the list of deregistered ships released by Cameroon on May 29. Like the #Smyrtos (seized by the UK) and the #Invicta (just now passing Brittany). It sailed quitely past DE/DK in the Baltic. France and UK upping the game. Where are DK & DE? www.reuters.com/world/french...

French navy has intercepted another Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker, Macron says

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that his country's ​navy had intercepted an oil ‌tanker as it transited near the coast of Sicily, in what he called ​his country's latest action again...

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NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · last mo.

Footage shows the detention of the tanker Deliver off Sicily after it sailed from Primorsk. French President Emmanuel Macron said the vessel belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet and was operating in breach of international sanctions. #Russia

Got used to #GNSS /AIS spoofing in various forms, incl. ' #corncircles '. But this puzzles me. One AIS platform showing the #Bhilva in the Arabian Sea, two others in the Baltic. What's behind this? Identify theft targetting a sanctioned, flagless vessel? Couldn't be more absurd.... #shadowfleet

Many #shadowfleet tanker serving Russia's seaborne oil exports, keep avoiding Swedish waters, prefering to go right through Germany's territorial waters. Today it is Russia flagged #Nasledie (IMO 9293002) on its way to Primorsk/Ust-Luga. #oilfuelswar

#Marven is taking the classic route avoiding the #WetRep area. #Invicta is taking costly extra precautions. Good luck. Has anyone here seen this routing before? #shadowfleet #oilfuelswar

UPD: The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/0 Denmark: 0/? UK: ?/? France: ?/? #shadowfleet

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/? Denmark: ?/? #shadowfleet PS: sometimes, desperate humour is my last resort....

The INVICTA games ft. Marven Sweden: 0/0 Germany: 0/? Denmark: ?/? #shadowfleet PS: sometimes, desperate humour is my last resort....

@maikmarahrens.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Swedish anti #shadowfleet force field wavers. 2 sanctioned tankers carrying Russian oil are passing Bornholm to the north, right into the arms of the Swedish coast guard. One, #Marven, likely false flagged, another, the #Invicta officially false flagged. Busy boarding times for SE/DE forces

The Swedish anti #shadowfleet force field wavers. 2 sanctioned tankers carrying Russian oil are passing Bornholm to the north, right into the arms of the Swedish coast guard. One, #Marven, likely false flagged, another, the #Invicta officially false flagged. Busy boarding times for SE/DE forces

Current estimate for the #Invicta to enter German waters, either via Kadettrinne, or north of Rügen, if passing Bornholm south is today around midnight. Last inspected 3yrs ago. With an age of 22 years a perfect example of the #shadowfleet. Boarding mandatory.

auonsson@auonsson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sanctioned and false flagged tanker INVICTA 9250543 loaded oil in Primorsk yesterday and is now on the move out of Baltic Sea. Confirmed as false flagged by Cameroon government she will reach Swedish/German/Denmark in 30-40 hours. Being stateless, any navy may stop and inspect at any time/place.

⚠️Cameroon just published a list of 38 vessels delisted from its shipping register - stamped May 29. Shout out to @pa.nton.cx for catching this! A quick analayis in this thread 🧵 (corrections welcome) www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Seized. A first for the UK. Cool. www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel for the first time in blow to Putin's war chest

British forces this morning boarded a sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel in the latest blow to Russia’s war economy.

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Tanker Watch IE@galwaybaywatch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SMYRTOS 9389100 currently at anchor off Weymouth. Is this the tanker seized by the UK this morning? @puca.bsky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @sonarrow.bsky.social @rfnosblog.bsky.social @tiafarris10.bsky.social

Cameroon stopped accepting new vessels into its international registry on Feb 6th. Changing a fraudlent flag for another fraudulent one, while being under arrest leaves me....puzzled Destination now given as Morgan (US). Seafarer humour? #shadowfleet #oilfuelswar

Christian Panton@pa.nton.cx · 2mo ago

TAGOR arriving in Bay of Douarnenez, France. Appears to start broadcasting flag as Cameroon.

#Shadowfleet: France acts, Germany provides safe passage May 31: France boards a false flagged tanker with Russian oil in int. waters. June 1: a Russia bound tanker decides last minute to take the safer southern Bornholm route, through German waters. Afraid of boarding prone Swedes.

No suprise. Great to have it official. Great work @pa.nton.cx ! What will happen when the #Agate returns from Russia? #shadowfleet #oilfuelswar

Christian Panton@pa.nton.cx · 3mo ago

Just got confirmation from the Guyana authorities (Maritime Administration Department): "With reference to the subject matter, please be informed that the vessel "AGATE" with IMO No. 9310707 is not registered under the Guyana flag."

Trump wants to provide "the most vulnerable nations" with cheaper fuel. How nice of him. Russia's #shadowfleet seems to be unaware of this purpose. See map. India - ok, vulnerable. China? Not much oil / fuel going to Africa or SE Asia.... Wonder if he really got the 4 animals right....

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Those Russian oil sales sanctions waivers that Trump and Bessent said wouldn't be extended? They were just extended. Because of course. www.ft.com/content/df5f...