Maritime identity laundering and the rise of so-called zombie vessels have evolved from a niche tactic into a “systemic enabler of large-scale sanctions evasion” with global authorities unable to keep up, according to a new […]
President Trump has had people advising him on the Russia/Ukraine war who do not have all of the critical information. I have covered this in many podcasts with George McMillan, and you can check out his information […]
ENB Pub Note: This minor update from Splash24/7 on the Panama update to procedures for the dark fleet oil tanker ship-to-ship transfers. One has to wonder why Panama is making this announcement to Panama-flagged ships, […]
Daily Standup Top Stories China dominates global trade of battery minerals – What will it take for the U.S. to get on it’s own production supply line? May 21, 2025 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: The […]
ENB Pub Note: The global oil demand side of the pricing equation looks at India and China as the two biggest matrices for international pricing. The fact that India is rolling on high import levels, […]
ENB Pub Note: Cyber terrorism is a real problem with the ship’s communication systems, as we can see from this story. The dark fleet of about 1400 ships uses spoofing, ghosting, and even zombie tactics […]
ENB Pub Note: Sanctions don’t work as intended is a great line that Irina Slav has said. There are an estimated 1400 dark fleet tankers, and 230 being sanctioned is inconvenient for Russia, but won’t […]
ENB Pub Note: The article below is an interesting update to the Russian shadow fleet and how they have turned sanctions from being a weapon, to turning a 4.2% growth in GDP for Russia, which […]
ENB Pub Note: “Sanctions do not work as intended” is an excellent quote from Irina Slav, Energy Writer and Podcast Host. The Biden Sanctions and weaponization of the U.S. Dollar did nothing to impact the […]
ENB Pub Note: This article really has an underlying story on how to avoid sanctions. With 130 potential old tankers to join the dark fleet of oil and LNG sanction avoidance, and generally making OPEC+ […]
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