Russia's masked 'shadow fleet' tanker from Murmansk grounded in France (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
from supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to world@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2026 02:26
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The Marseille prosecutor’s office said the tanker’s captain, an Indian national, was temporarily detained but later released and allowed to return to the ship.

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adespoton@lemmy.ca on 29 Jan 2026 02:33 next collapse

Shadow fleet ships are used for more than oil running— a group of students was able to correlate the movements of a trio of ships with drone activity over restricted locations in Europe.

prex@aussie.zone on 30 Jan 2026 08:21 collapse

I ‘heard’ about this. OK I read it on lemmy.
Does anyone have a link?

tal@lemmy.today on 29 Jan 2026 09:33 collapse

Even aside from the whole Russia angle, an oil tanker running aground is bad news, just from an “huge oil mess potential” standpoint. I wonder if it was empty, seeing as the article didn’t mention oil spill risk?

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Doesn’t sound like it was empty.

uawire.org/french-forces-escort-seized-russian-sh…

On January 25, AFP published video provided by the French Armed Forces General Staff. The footage shows a military helicopter hovering above the tanker as armed French personnel fast-rope onto the deck, make contact with the crew and conduct an inspection.

The Insider reviewed the AFP video and noted the tanker was riding low in the water — in places the waterline was barely visible due to waves. Such draft typically indicates the ship is carrying a full or near-full load.

Oh, “grounded” here must be some kind of bad translation. I suspect that they mean “impounded” or something like that.