French Navy Seizes Russia-Linked Tanker in the Atlantic
Oil Prices Up 3% As Trump Demands Changes To Iran Deal Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban government… What I Cover Tsvetana Paraskova is an energy and commodities journalist who has contributed to Oilprice.com for nearly a decade, covering global energy markets, commodities,… The French Navy has boarded and seized a Russia-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic.
The vessel is under international sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
On Sunday morning, the French Navy seized the Tagor, an oil tanker that departed from Russia, Macron wrote on in apost on Xtoday.
The operation of the boarding and seizure was carried out on the high seas in the Atlantic with the support of France’s allies, including the UK, the French President said.
France is constantly seeking to prevent shadow fleet vessels from shipping oil whose revenues finance the war in Ukraine, France’s Macron said.
“It is unacceptable that ships circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than 4 years,” Macron added.
These sanctioned tankers of the shadow fleet, which do not respect the basic rules of maritime navigation, also pose environmental threats, the French President concluded.
Separately, the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlanticalsosaid on Monday that the French Navy had intercepted and seized a Russia-linked oil tanker 400 nautical miles off the Brittany coast.
The tanker had departed from Murmansk in Russia, the prefecture said, without naming the vessel.
The ship was suspected of flying a false flag.
After boarding it and examining the documents, the Navy confirmed the vessel was indeed flying a false flag.
The Navy has filed a report with the public prosecutor’s office in Brest, which has jurisdiction on the matter, the French authorities said.
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