#Shadow Fleet
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-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-4b416d3e3e5d5a37a3203628ecfe5ef5.jpg "A tanker carrying crude oil from the Russian Far East of Sakhalin arriving in waters off Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on May 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![An aerial view of the Swedish Coast Guard intercepting the Jin Hui near Trelleborg. Authorities boarded the suspected Russian shadow fleet vessel and arrested its commander. (Source: Minister of Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin)]( "An aerial view of the Swedish Coast Guard intercepting the Jin Hui near Trelleborg. Authorities boarded the suspected Russian shadow fleet vessel and arrested its commander. (Source: Minister of Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin)")
![Ukrainian naval drone approaches and strikes a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker near the Novorossiysk port area, May 3, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Facebook)]( "Ukrainian naval drone approaches and strikes a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker near the Novorossiysk port area, May 3, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Facebook)")
![The boarded ships Caffa (left) and Sea Owl I anchored side by side outside Trelleborg, Sweden, on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The boarded ships Caffa (left) and Sea Owl I anchored side by side outside Trelleborg, Sweden, on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![HMS Somerset (nearest) and HMS St Albans track Russian Severomorsk, April 2026. (Source: Royal Navy)]( "HMS Somerset (nearest) and HMS St Albans track Russian Severomorsk, April 2026. (Source: Royal Navy)")
![Sanctioned oil tanker MARQUISE tracked at sea. (Source: MarineTraffic)]( "Sanctioned oil tanker MARQUISE tracked at sea. (Source: MarineTraffic)")
![Russia’s Floating Environmental Time Bombs]( "Russia’s Floating Environmental Time Bombs")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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- Investigations
The world sees Russia’s shadow fleet as tankers moving sanctioned oil. In reality, they’re aging, uninsured vessels—often over 25 years old—capable of spilling 100,000 tons of oil at any moment, from the Mediterranean to waters off Singapore or routes to Cuba. And some already have.
-aabdb0fbcb547e92b974a38118a5d366.png "Russia’s Floating Environmental Time Bombs")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")