Nakhodka Bay becomes new STS hub for sanctions-skirting tankers
- Tankers tracked engaging in ship-to-ship transfers with AIS either disabled or spoofed
- AIS gaps off Russia’s far eastern port of Nakhodka are up ten-fold year on year
- US crackdown on Russian oil and Shandong Port Group’s ban on Ofac sanctioned ships is driving the trend
Sanctioned tankers are conducting ship-to-ship transfers so ‘clean’ vessels can deliver shipments from Russia’s Far East ports