Germany launches the insurance campaign for the Russian “Shadow Fleet”

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Germany has increased the examination of the tankers in the Baltic Sea, as it seeks to deter the shadow fleet in Russia from the elderly ships of Western oil sanctions.

German The naval authorities said on Tuesday that they had started requesting insurance documents from the tankers flying east via the 18 km strait, which separates the small and northern German Fehmarn island and southern pottery on the island of Loland.

The government said in a statement that the failure to meet the European organization can lead to “monitoring at the level of Europe” and “ships that are placed in the sanctions list.”

The initiative is part of the attempts coordinated by northern European countries to Shout On the Moscow fleet of old ships wandering through its waters without the appropriate papers and helping Kremlin to evade the G7 oil covers that were imposed as part of revenge against its war on Ukraine. Sweden also increased its controls on Tuesday.

G7 Western insurance bar penalties for providing a cover for ships that violate the conditions of the oil price ceiling, which seeks to stop Russia From selling oil above a fixed price of $ 60 a barrel for crude. Ships are often used in “Shadow Fleet” in Moscow either insurance companies whose reliability is not unknown or does not complicate any accident insurance.

German Foreign Minister Johan Wadil said: “Our goal is very clear: We increase pressure on the Russian shadow fleet and protect the Baltic Sea of ​​the Baltic.”

“By asking about the insurance status, we add another piece to the puzzle. The more the image is, the more we can take measures with our partners in the Baltic region, including the list of ships in the sanctions lists.”

Fears of insurance coverage have increased in the past years, as coastal countries are afraid of potential oil spills. The Shadow fleet carriers participated in approximately 30 accidents during 2022 and 2023, according to the evidence provided by Kyiv Economics College, a non -profit organization, for a selected session in the United Kingdom about the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia.

About 692,000 barrels of crude oil were shipped daily through tilapia The latest estimates By kse.

The European Union sought to increase pressure on Moscow, as US President Donald Trump continued a ceasefire settlement with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Ukraine. The European Commission is working on a set of eighteen economic sanctions, which includes a proposal to reduce oil price ceiling from $ 60 to $ 45.

However, European Union leaders failed last week to adopt new punitive measures because of the opposition from Slovakia, which still depends largely on Russian oil and gas.