![]() ![]() Rather than being decommissioned, Turba is part of a massive, clandestine fleet distributing Russian oil globally. This marks a hard course change for the so-called “Shadow Fleet” which was previously known for utilizing aging vessels with dubious track records like the 26-year-old oil tanker Turba which Bloomberg recently found to operate under deficient safety and insurance standards, exemplifying the heightened environmental risk of these fleets, which have proliferated in the aftermath of EU sanctions on Russia. Read Irene Ang’s full investigative report at Tradewinds: Mysterious Kurow Shipping Steps out of the Shadows to order tankers in China From Old To New The deal, worth nearly $500 million, represents Kurow’s first newbuild contract and, potentially, a marked escalation of China’s willingness to support shipping companies circumventing EU sanctions. By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Irene Ang at Tradewinds is reporting that Kurow Shipping, a mysterious tanker company with ties to the Shadow Fleetof tankers transporting Russian oil has reportedly signed a contract for the construction of up to eight long-range Aframax product tankers with Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard in China.
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