Read More 3 minute read Latest news France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic The Tagor was hauling crude from a Russian Arctic port toward West Africa when commandos stopped it on the high seas, with British help. byYuri Zoria
Read More 5 minute read International How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times? The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil. byPeeter Helme
Read More 5 minute read International Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation. byYuri Zoria