Michelle Wiese Bockmann
Senior Analyst, Lloyd's List Intelligence & Markets Editor
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Greek shipowners in exodus from Russian oil trades in November
Crackdown on tankers breaching G7 sanctions over October and November by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control thought to be the trigger for the Greek exit
Geopolitics and dark shipping to dominate IMO assembly
Assembly to debate a resolution to address the dangerous and illegal shipping practices of a dark fleet of sanctions-circumventing tankers and decide whether to expel Russia from of the IMO Council
First Greece-owned tankers return to load Venezuela oil since easing of US sanctions
Western-linked ships visibly return for the first time since mid-2020, when prominent Greece-based shipowners were briefly blacklisted, triggering a pledge from their lobby group to leave trades
Denmark leaves position unclear on inspecting sanctions-busting Russian tankers
The EU and US governments are reportedly in talks with Denmark to inspect and possibly block tankers without known insurance. Whether that would include those that dropped anchor at the Skagen anchorage was not spelled out
Houthis ‘hijack’ Israeli-owned car carrier Galaxy Leader
Galaxy Leader is owned by Tel Aviv-based Ray Shipping, one of the largest providers of pure car and truck carriers
Talks underway for Denmark ‘to stop and inspect’ sanctions-breaching tankers from Russia
Some 57 dark fleet tankers without International Group P&I cover transited Danish waters laden with Russian oil between October 1 and November 9, Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows