EU Aims Crackdown at Shadow Fleet Requiring Filing of Insurance Documents

MEPs urge Greek PM to crack down on Russia's shadow fleet

Selling old ships to Russia is a "completely irresponsible business practice", a group of MEPs has told the Greek prime minister.

EU Aims Crackdown at Shadow Fleet Requiring Filing of Insurance Documents

The European Commission has adopted what is being called a crucial measure to enhance maritime safety and environmental protection around the EU’s coa...

In a letter signed by 36 MEPs, parliamentarians lament that Greek ships account for 37% of the oil vessels used by Russia in its 'shadow float' to circumvent European sanctions against Russian crude oil, as shown by the latest sanctions imposed by the United States earlier this year against the Russian fleet.

Members of the European Parliament from the informal group “Friends of Ukraine” sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis calling for an end to the sale of old tankers by Greek shipowners to Russia to replenish its “shadow fleet”. — Ukrinform.

All vessels passing EU waters need to provide insurance info

The European Commission has adopted a measure to enhance maritime safety and environmental protection around the EU’s coasts by mandating

All ships passing through European waters must now provide proof of insurance

The European Commission has adopted another key measure to crackdown on the so-called shadow fleet passing through its waters. The amendment to the Vessel Monitoring Directive now requires all vessels, including those merely passing through European Union waters without entering an EU port, to provide insurance information. “By requiring that all vessels operating in our …