Stopping the
Russian shadow fleet

Since 2022, over 800 shadow tankers have sailed unhindered on the world’s seas with sanctioned Russian oil in breach of sanctions.

Three years later, despite multiple calls to action, their traffic continues unabated in the Baltic Sea and beyond. They fuel Russia’s war and endanger the seas.

The Dark Waters Initiative aims to stop the fleet through activism and exposure.

Stopping the
Russian shadow fleet

Since 2022, over 800 shadow tankers have sailed unhindered on the world’s seas with sanctioned Russian oil in breach of sanctions.

Three years later, despite multiple calls to action, their traffic continues unabated in the Baltic Sea and beyond. They fuel Russia’s war and endanger the seas.

The Dark Waters Initiative aims to stop the fleet through activism and exposure.

Our mission

The Dark Waters Initiative aims to expose this evasion scheme, while offering tangible tools and solutions to counter shadow fleet activities.

Through transparency, collaboration and coordinated action, the Dark Waters Initiative will build a coalition to drag the shadow fleet and its enablers into the spotlight.

We believe that when information flows freely and experts work together, even the most sophisticated evasion schemes can be exposed and disrupted.

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Stopping theRussian shadow fleet