Actors / The Shadow Fleet

The Shadow Fleet

Sanctions-evasion fleetGlobal

Also reported as: dark fleet, ghost fleet

The aging, opaquely owned tanker fleet moving sanctioned crude outside mainstream insurance and class. Eagle tracks the designated vessels in its Sanctioned Fleet Monitor.

Signals · 14 days

High severity

Eagle analyses

5 Nov

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5 NovSeven Shadow Fleet Tankers Spoof AIS to Hide Novorossiysk Voyages

5 NovUS sanctions fraudulent ship registries supporting Iran’s shadow fleet - safety4sea

5 NovUS Sanctions Network Accused Of Running Fake Ship Registries For 11 Countries To Flag Iran’s Shadow Fleet

5 NovUS sanctions Indian couple behind fake flag empire serving Iran’s shadow fleet

5 NovLatest US sanctions target dark fleet false-flag network

4 NovUS sanctions alleged false-flag kingpin for a 'web of maritime fraud' supporting Iranian shadow fleet - TradeWinds News

4 NovU.S. Targets Fraudulent Ship Registries Used by Iran’s Shadow Fleet

4 NovBerlin startup Lazzaro One lands pre-seed funding for HUAX platform

3 NovNorway Detains Sanctioned Chinese Vessel Over False Flag Registration

3 NovDronemaker Stark Designs Uncrewed Ship to Hunt Russia’s Shadow Fleet

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Fire aboard Louise (Hormuz)Monitoring

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Louise

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UK Designates Dozen Shadow Fleet Tankers While Washington Considers Relief — 16 October 2026 French Navy Boards Shadow Fleet Tanker DF Peak South — Oct 13 Dutch Table Law to Target Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers — Oct 11 U.S. Sanctions 22 Tankers in Latest Iran Shadow Fleet Tranche — 9 October 2026 No Shadow Fleet Designations or Delistings Surface in Week's Reporting Amid Iran Sanctions Pressure

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Eagle Intelligence, "The Shadow Fleet — Maritime Activity Tracker," eagleintelmari.com/actors/shadow-fleet (updated daily).

Compiled from the Eagle live wire and article archive. Signal lists reflect source reporting; attribution rests with the cited sources. Methodology