Maritime intelligence firm points to rise in tankers switching off trackers for sanctions-busting transfers
The number of Russian-affiliated oil tankers “going dark” to avoid being tracked in the south Atlantic has doubled in recent months in a sign of clandestine means being deployed to avoid sanctions.
By switching off their tracker systems on the high seas, the ships can quietly transfer oil on to tankers without links to Russia so as to avoid their oil exports being flagged.
