A joint investigation by Politico and the nonprofit journalism group SourceMaterial has uncovered at least nine instances of oil spills caused by Russian shadow fleet vessels in international waters since 2021.
Source: Brussels-based politics and policy news organisation Politico, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Journalists used satellite images from the NGO SkyTruth and cross-referenced them with shipping data from Lloyd’s List and the commodities platform Kpler. They identified oil leaks tied to Russia’s shadow fleet in various locations around the world, including Thailand, Vietnam, Italy and Mexico.
The investigation revealed that these tankers have traversed busy shipping corridors such as the Red Sea and the Panama Canal, posing a potential risk to international trade routes in the event of a serious accident.
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard highlighted the significant threat these vessels pose to the marine environment. The findings made by journalists illustrate it well.
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A joint investigation by Politico and the nonprofit journalism group SourceMaterial has uncovered at least nine instances of oil spills caused by Russian shadow fleet vessels in international waters since 2021.
Source: Brussels-based politics and policy news organisation Politico, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Journalists used satellite images from the NGO SkyTruth and cross-referenced them with shipping data from Lloyd’s List and the commodities platform Kpler. They identified oil leaks tied to Russia’s shadow fleet in various locations around the world, including Thailand, Vietnam, Italy and Mexico.
The investigation revealed that these tankers have traversed busy shipping corridors such as the Red Sea and the Panama Canal, posing a potential risk to international trade routes in the event of a serious accident.
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard highlighted the significant threat these vessels pose to the marine environment. The findings made by journalists illustrate it well.
You could delete Russia from the world map and humanity would be 1000x more happy and prosperous
Russia don’t care because they’re now a pariah.
And nothing is done about it.