Regulation

Authorities monitoring shadow fleet after close call in Danish waters

A collision near Denmark has rekindled the debate on aging oil tankers carrying Russian oil. Parliamentarians will send a letter to the European Commission.
The Danish Ministry of the Environment is working through the EU to take action against Russian circumvention of the sanctions, according to minister for the environment Magnus Heunicke (S). | Photo: Jens Hartmann Schmidt/Ritzau Scanpix
The Danish Ministry of the Environment is working through the EU to take action against Russian circumvention of the sanctions, according to minister for the environment Magnus Heunicke (S). | Photo: Jens Hartmann Schmidt/Ritzau Scanpix
Af Liv Almer, Niklas Krigslund

A collision involing a ship with murky ownership has revived fears that the traffic of ageing oil tankers traveling to and from Russia poses an environmental hazard in the waters near Denmark.

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