The authority that is headed by security service hawk Nikolai Patrushev says it has elaborated a set of measures aimed at protecting Russian shipping.
The measures were reportedly adopted in a meeting in the Russian Maritime Board on January 21.
”Issues related to ensuring the safety of navigation on strategic maritime routes are considered. Particular attention is paid to problems associated with violations of international maritime law by unfriendly states,” the Maritime Board reported. […]
Information compiled by the Barents Observer shows that more than 50 ’shadow tankers’ have sailed along the Norwegian coast to Murmansk in the period October 2025 – January 2026. Many more are sailing in the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Several of them are operating in outright conflict with international maritime laws.
On January 16, an oil tanker operating under the name ”Tavian” sailed in the Barents Sea. It turned out that the tanker was sailing under a false IMO number. Increasingly, owners of sanctioned tankers are actively stealing and inventing identities, and deliberately abuse the global ship-tracking system, an investigation carried out by Lloyd’s List in collaboration with SynMax Intelligence found. Läs artikel