First “shadow fleet” tanker passes through English Channel after British forces detain the Smyrtos, sailing near Russian Navy frigate
@starboardintelligence.com data showed the sanctioned Forwarder, loaded with oil from Russia’s Primorsk port, nearing the area where Smyrtos was boarded on June 14.
The tanker Forwarder (IMO: 9419448), which is under UK, U.S. EU, Canadian, Swiss, and Ukrainian sanctions, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag…