Belgium has placed a €10m ($11.6m) bail on a shadow fleet tanker it seized on Sunday in a joint operation with France. The government said the 46,606-dwt Ethera (built 2008) was trading in Russian oil ...

The shadow fleet referred to a network of tankers used by Moscow to circumvent the international oil price cap imposed on Russian fossil fuel exports following the invasion of Ukraine.

Belgium holds Russian tanker Etera, seeking a €10M security deposit after inspection found forged documents and a false flag in the North Sea.

The Russian-owned tanker Ethera, part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, faces a €10 million bail after being seized by Belgian forces ...

The vessel will not be allowed to leave port until the bail is paid and a re-inspection confirms compliance with maritime ...

Announced on February 28th, Belgian forces supported by the French Navy boarded and seized a Tanker dubbed the "Ethera", an oil carrier with links to Russia's elusive "shadow fleet" while it transited ...

Belgian military forces, supported by the French military, seized a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Saturday in the North Sea ...

Belgium has seized a Russian oil tanker believed to be part of a shadow fleet of vessels the Kremlin uses to sell its energy products blocked by sanctions, Belgium's defense minister said.

Croatia's PM weighs in on the ongoing energy dispute pitting Hungary and Slovakia against Ukraine. #EuropeToday ...

Belgium’s special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the ‘shadow fleet’ Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions ...

THIS is the dramatic moment Belgian and French forces seize one of Putin’s sanctioned shadow fleet tankers in the North Sea. The shocking video shows how helicopters surround the ship, which ...

The Belgian navy has seized a tanker suspected of busting EU sanctions on Russia, sailing under a false flag in Belgian ...