Growing shadow fleet slows shipping's green transition

According to Reuters, many of the ships circumvent both the sanctions and the IMO’s requirement to use scrubbers if the fuel on board is too black.
Archive photo. | Photo: Yoruk Isik/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Archive photo. | Photo: Yoruk Isik/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

The growing shadow fleet of tankers carrying sanctioned oil, especially from Russia, Iran and Venezuela, is hindering the rest of the industry’s transition to greener alternative transportation methods.

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