HavokFour
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 4,102
- Points
- 1,040
The Shadow Fleet
- Thread starter Kirkhill
- Start date
HavokFour
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 4,102
- Points
- 1,040
Another 18 over night, bringing the total this week to 48 ships.
www.kyivpost.com
Ukraine Says It Hit 18 Russian Vessels, Oil Refineries in Overnight Drone Strike
Reported overnight strike targets include 13 oil tankers linked to Moscow’s “shadow fleet,” along with oil refineries, fuel terminals and power
www.kyivpost.com
HavokFour
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 4,102
- Points
- 1,040
Shipping through the Don-Azov channel was suspended on Friday, but the strikes continue.
www.kyivpost.com
Ukraine Says It Hit 18 Russian Vessels, Oil Refineries in Overnight Drone Strike
Reported overnight strike targets include 13 oil tankers linked to Moscow’s “shadow fleet,” along with oil refineries, fuel terminals and power
www.kyivpost.com
HavokFour
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 4,102
- Points
- 1,040
Many of the ships getting hit in the Sea of Azov are designed to operate in rivers, channels, and coastal waters. They were being used as a way to transfer cargo to bigger ships out in the open water because the terminals in the region are now too dangerous / high risk to use. With the pause on letting traffic through the Don-Azov channel a lot of these ships are now fleeing the fish in a barrel situation Azov has become into the Black Sea, where they risk damage and possibly even sinking should the weather take a turn into something they can't handle.
Things are going great.
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
Ukraine says it eliminated 14 more Russian shadow fleet vessels overnight
Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said that his team had destroyed 10 tankers and four ferries, bringing the total number of destroyed Russian shadow fleet vessels to 90 units this week alone.
kyivindependent.com
And the hits just keep on coming.
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
20 more
These were hit in the Black Sea and apparently represent a new phase after hitting 117 vessels in the Sea of Azov on the otherside of the Kerch bridge. The Azov campaign forced the Russian tankers into the Black Sea.
militarnyi.com
These were hit in the Black Sea and apparently represent a new phase after hitting 117 vessels in the Sea of Azov on the otherside of the Kerch bridge. The Azov campaign forced the Russian tankers into the Black Sea.
Unmanned Systems Forces Struck 20 Vessels of Russian Shadow Fleet in the Black Sea
Overnight on July 15, 2026, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 20 vessels of the Russian shadow fleet in the Black Sea.Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the USF of the Armed […]
militarnyi.com
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
And more targets at large
euromaidanpress.com
A month's worth of Russia's oil exports is stuck at sea—135 million barrels loaded but not delivered - Euromaidan Press
Bloomberg's vessel-tracking and price data put the four-week value of Russia's seaborne crude exports back near $1.6 billion, down from a spike above $2.5 billion earlier this year.
euromaidanpress.com
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
EU launches mission to board Russian shadow fleet ships in Indian Ocean
"Every illicit voyage helps sustain Russia's war machine. We are matching our sanctions with actions at sea," the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas tweeted.
kyivindependent.com
Solomon Islands To Sign US Coast Guard Patrol Deal Despite Close Security Ties With China
Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.
www.marineinsight.com
This is all starting to give be West Africa Squadron vibes.
In 1815 Britannia ruled the waves. The French and Spanish weren't up for the fight anymore and nobody else came close.
The Anti-Slavery cause gave Britain the moral pretext to enact laws the justified the policing of the high seas, extending their activity against pirates and smugglers to slave traders. On that basis they had grounds to board any civil ship and decide its fate. International trade was decided in The Admiralty in London.
This new shadow fleet campaign feels like it might be a similar campaign with the intention of replacing The Admiralty, and the United Nations, with a more Western/US friendly court.
Admiralty buildings - Wikipedia
Amsterdam replaced Madrid
London replaced Amsterdam
Washington continues to replace London.
And Moscow, Beijiing and Mecca detested them all.
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
"Navalization" of Economic Warfare Turns Trade Routes Into Zones of Force
With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was s...
maritime-executive.com
"With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was starkly illustrated by the war in Iran, which saw Tehran effectively close the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and Washington respond with a blockade of Iranian ports.
"Yet such recent events are an aberration from much of the post-Cold War period, during which economic sanctions were enforced far from the sea. Governments relied on financial infrastructure – bank messaging systems, insurance markets, shipping registries and port access rules – to restrict trade without physically stopping ships.
"But that system is now under strain. As the United States and its partners have relied more heavily on sanctions as a tool of geopolitical conflict, targeted countries have developed effective evasion networks. In response, the U.S. and its partners are increasingly returning to a more direct form of economic pressure: boarding ships at sea."
....
"A legal system built for another era
"This global expansion of maritime interdiction is colliding with an international legal framework that was not designed for it.
"Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, ships on the high seas fall under the jurisdiction of their flag state. This principle was intended to ensure predictability and limit interference with global shipping.
"There are narrow exceptions. Warships may board vessels suspected of piracy, slave trading, statelessness or false flagging. Outside these cases, boarding is generally prohibited.
"Modern sanctions enforcement is increasingly being fitted into these exceptions."
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
Russia Weighs Arming Grain Ships With Machine Guns and Missile Launchers
Russia considers arming grain ships with machine guns and missile launchers amid Ukrainian drone attacks disrupting Sea of Azov exports.
united24media.com
Somali pirates are back, fuelled by Iran war
Hijackers exploit lack of patrol vessels to launch new wave of raids on ships off Horn of Africa
www.telegraph.co.uk
The increasing cost of lawlessness.
HavokFour
Army.ca Veteran
- Reaction score
- 4,102
- Points
- 1,040
The pressure being put on the shadow fleet is starting to get to Russia.
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
Tit for tat
You sieze mine. I sieze yours.
www.telegraph.co.uk
You sieze mine. I sieze yours.
Britain warned it lacks firepower needed to defend shipping from Russia
Military planners sound the alarm after Putin instructs forces to ‘inspect and detain’ European vessels
www.telegraph.co.uk
- Reaction score
- 31,214
- Points
- 1,260
The key is not to blink, and sink one. Then make ridiculous counter claims in a Russian accentTit for tat
You sieze mine. I sieze yours.
Britain warned it lacks firepower needed to defend shipping from Russia
Military planners sound the alarm after Putin instructs forces to ‘inspect and detain’ European vessels
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
Not in the shadows
kyivindependent.com
"Dynagas is single-handedly carrying around 22% of all Russian LNG."
"92% of Yamal's total exports went to the EU, earning the Kremlin 6.64 billion euros ($7.68 billion)."
"Some countries appear more dependent than others, such as Belgium, where 100% of its LNG imports have been sourced from Russia."
"The LNG terminal at Yamal itself is partially owned by France's TotalEnergies, which has a 20% stake in the venture."
Over one-fifth of Russian LNG exports protected by EU's Greek sanctions exemption
The Greek shipping company Dynagas accounted for 35% of all LNG shipped to the EU from Russia's Arctic Yamal terminal, according to the NGO Urgewald.
kyivindependent.com
"Dynagas is single-handedly carrying around 22% of all Russian LNG."
"92% of Yamal's total exports went to the EU, earning the Kremlin 6.64 billion euros ($7.68 billion)."
"Some countries appear more dependent than others, such as Belgium, where 100% of its LNG imports have been sourced from Russia."
"The LNG terminal at Yamal itself is partially owned by France's TotalEnergies, which has a 20% stake in the venture."
- Reaction score
- 13,810
- Points
- 1,160
Chinese Cargo Ships Clandestinely Gather Signals Intelligence: Report
It should not come as too much of a surprise that China is using its massive commercial fleet to spy around the globe as they go about their business.
www.twz.com
China's shadowy fleet activities
Halifax Tar
Army.ca Legend
- Reaction score
- 20,375
- Points
- 1,260
Chinese Cargo Ships Clandestinely Gather Signals Intelligence: Report
It should not come as too much of a surprise that China is using its massive commercial fleet to spy around the globe as they go about their business.
China's shadowy fleet activities
Was this not openly known already ? The Russians have been doing this for decades.
COSCO ships are in and out Halifax harbor all the time. They ware watching you spend on your OF subscriptions.
Similar threads
