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EU Shipyards Continue to Service Vessels Carrying Russian LNG

European shipyards continue to play a fundamental role in keeping Russia’s fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers in service. As summer maintenance season begins the first Arc7 ice-class gas carriers in service of the Yamal LNG project have arrived at the Fayard A/S shipyard in Odense, Denmark.
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African flags fly high with the dark fleet - Splash247

Three African flags – Comoros, Gambia, Sao Tome – stand out in the July edition of Clarksons World Fleet Monitor for their extraordinary growth. Comoros is now the second-largest ship register in Africa, its fleet size growing by 251.3% this year. The average age of the 595 ships flying the...
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Grey fleet grows faster than enforcement can keep up - Splash247

The growth in the number of sanctioned ships has accelerated over the past year. Analysts at Kpler have been tracking the sanctioned fleet over the past five years. The count of vessels under sanction rose from about 370 in July 2020 to roughly 1,650 by July 2025, while the number of affected...
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Panama cracks down on STS transfers in bid to clean up fleet - Splash247

The Panama Ship Registry has become the first flag in the world to implement stricter controls and mandatory traceability for offshore ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of hydrocarbons. Non-compliance—depending on its severity—may lead to the cancellation of a vessel’s Panamanian registration. The...
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Splash Wrap: Flags, fines and fakes - Splash247

Sanctions, the shadow fleet, and the many ways authorities are trying to clamp down on this illicit trade kept Splash reporters busy all week, with clear evidence that the dark fleet is growing quicker than the West can contain. The grey fleet – as tracked by broker BRS – has been growing by 30...
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Russia Keeps Crude Exports Flowing Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit

Russia’s oil shipments nudged down for a third week, but remain comfortably within the range seen so far this year. Threats of additional tariffs are having little immediate impact on flows ahead of a Friday meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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