The Tanker Park of the Russian Federation is constantly updated. Moscow replaced ships that fell on black lists. It allows the Russian Federation to maintain exporting of raw materials.
Russia has expanded its shadow of oil tanks despite the introduction of West penalties. This is said by the chief economist of the main businessman Trafigura Saad Rahim at a conference conference of Appec 2025, Reuters reports.
According to him, this flotilla plays a key role in ensuring Russian oil supply to customers, despite restrictions aimed at reducing Moscow’s oil revenues.
“With the growth of penalties and restrictions, the size (shadow fleet) has become bigger,” Rakhim said
The Tanker Park of the Russian Federation is constantly updated. Moscow replaced ships that fell on black lists. It allows the Russian Federation to maintain exporting of raw materials.
Earlier it has been reported that since the beginning of an entire war against Ukraine, the number of vessels in Russia’s so-called “Shadow Fleet” has grown at least three times-from less than 100 tankers in the early 2022 to 300-600 at the beginning of 2025.
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