Russia is secretly amassing a "dark fleet" of tankers to ship its LNG, mirroring the shadow fleet it created for oil exports to dodge Western sanctions. Bloomberg reveals that obscure shipping firms from Dubai have acquired several LNG vessels, with some already approved to navigate Russia's Arctic routes. This stealthy maneuver comes as Russia faces increasing sanctions from the U.S. and EU, which have delayed major LNG projects and banned new investments. The creation of this clandestine fleet highlights Moscow's determination to circumvent sanctions and maintain its grip on the global LNG market.
Russia appears to have begun to collect a dark fleet of tankers to ship its LNG via vessel ownership transfers, similar to the efforts Moscow used following the invasion of Ukraine to construct a shadow fleet to export oil and products in the face of Western sanctions.
Russia has already accumulated a vast shadow fleet of oil tankers, and it is now working on a similar strate...
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