Russian Oil Tankers Going Dark, ‘Turning Off Transmissions Deliberately’ to Avoid Sanctions

Russian Oil Tankers Going Dark, ‘Turning Off Transmissions Deliberately’ to Avoid Sanctions
Russian oil tanker Volgoneft-147 stands under an Omani naval escort in Muscat's Mina al-Fahl port on Feb. 7, 2000. Mohamed Mahjoub/AFP/Getty Images.
Naveen Athrappully
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Following international sanctions, tankers from Moscow carrying oil and other petroleum products are increasingly going dark—the practice of switching off the ship’s transponders—and vanishing from tracking systems.

“We’re seeing a spike in Russian tankers turning off transmissions deliberately to circumvent sanctions,” Ami Daniel, CEO of predictive intelligence company Windward, said in an interview with CNN. “The Russian fleet is starting to hide its whereabouts and its exports.”
Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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