Key Highlights
- The seizure of a Russian-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic has highlighted "worry" among NATO and Nordic-Baltic governments over dark fleet vessels and the type of crews onboard, according to a maritime intelligence analyst.
- U. S.
- military and Coast Guard personnel boarded the Marinera between Iceland and the U. K.
- Wednesday as it operated under deceptive shipping practices, including flying a false flag and violating sanctions. And according to Reuters, Russian authorities demanded the humane treatment and repatriation of the crew members.
- Windward maritime intelligence analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann claimed the Marinera’s ownership had just been transferred to Burevestmarin LLC, a Russian company.
