Russia is increasingly escorting its “ghost fleet” vessels with naval assets—helping to protect them from Western seizure, but making their affiliation with the Kremlin far more obvious.

The US Navy and Coast Guard yanked a suspected “ghost fleet” tanker accused of carrying sanctioned Venezuelan oil out of the Caribbean in a bold pre-dawn raid Friday — sending a blunt message to ...

The Indian Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard seized three oil tankers off the coast of Mumbai on February 6, according to ...

Convinced by lessons from the war in Ukraine — where small kamikaze uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) crippled or sank much ...

By Steven Wills, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. The U.S. recently seized a seventh Venezuelan tanker, which Washington accuses of being part of a global “ghost fleet” that surreptitiously moves ...

Also known as “dark fleet” or “shadow fleet” ships, the vessels use murky tactics to transport oil in violation of sanctions. By Anushka Patil The United States on Wednesday seized two oil tankers, ...

In the Black Sea, Ukrainian drone attacks on three tankers selling sanctioned Russian oil have marked a new escalation in the war. The Russian military struck back, hitting three Turkish-owned cargo ...

Victory in Ukraine will prove elusive without finding ways to counter Russia’s use of illicit maritime trade to sustain its war economy. That is, Ukraine and its Western backers need to resurrect the ...