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Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' Reported in Danish Waters Almost Daily in 2025
The Danish Maritime Authority recorded 292 voyages by EU-sanctioned Russian oil tankers in 2025, raising environmental and safety concerns amid efforts to evade Western sanctions.
- On Wednesday, the Danish Maritime Authority reported 292 voyages by EU sanction-designated tankers in Danish waters in 2025, averaging almost one daily.
- Russia has built a flotilla of ageing, opaque‑ownership tankers to bypass European Union, United States, and G7 sanctions, while the EU blacklist includes 598 vessels banned from European ports.
- Environmental and infrastructure risks include ageing tankers from the shadow fleet, with one accused of damaging five undersea cables in December 2024, and the Helsinki court dismissing sabotage claims as beyond jurisdiction.
- In late January, the French navy boarded a sanctioned vessel believed to be a Russian oil tanker flying a false flag, and authorities say concrete measures have been taken to protect the marine environment and seafarers.
- Regional cooperation has grown as Danish authorities used the EU sanctions list to monitor ships last year, while observers warn evasive tactics undermine efforts to limit Moscow's revenues.
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Petroleum from Russia's so-called phantom fleet, through which Moscow exports oil as a result of the sanctions imposed by the Western countries after the invasion of Ukraine, have sailed in the waters of Denmark at a rate of almost one day in 2025, according to the published Wednesday data of the Danish Maritime Authority, AFP, according to Agerpres.
Russian shadow fleet tankers, which circumvent European Union (EU) sanctions, were spotted in Danish waters almost daily in 2025, according to data released by the Danish Maritime Authority on Wednesday.
According to DR, shadow fleets that sailed in Danish waters last year are suspected of being loaded with Russian oil.
Data show frequent transit despite EU measures targeting Russian oil - Anadolu Ajansı
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