The 300,000-dwt VLCC Itaugua (built 1997) and 105,000-dwt Enzo (built 1999) crude carriers and the 47,000-dwt product tanker ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for transfer to the tanker FIRN, part of the “shadow fleet” of aging ships that ...

Polish Army Denies Report of 'Shadow Fleet' Ship Circling Near Pipeline WARSAW (Reuters) -The Polish army on Tuesday denied a media report saying that a Russian "shadow fleet" ship had been seen ...

The British publication Lloyd’s List defines the term “shadow fleet” as ships that tend to be more than 15 years old, typically in poor repair, and whose actual owner is not known. It is believed that ...

The shadow fleet, or dark fleet, is the name given to ageing ships that sail "without the industry's standard Western insurance, have opaque ownership, frequently change their names and flag ...