# \#shadow-fleet **URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/tag/shadow-fleet/56.md [Latest](https://forum.gcaptain.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.gcaptain.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.gcaptain.com/tags.md) --- ## [STARWAY (IMO 9273246) and the Gulf tankers only the US lists](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/starway-imo-9273246-and-the-gulf-tankers-only-the-us-lists/77977)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/starway-imo-9273246-and-the-gulf-tankers-only-the-us-lists/77977 "2026-10-21T13:31:24Z")
This bears on the sanctions relief story, so it seemed worth a topic here. On Oct 19 the US Energy Secretary set out a plan to move sanctioned shadow fleet tankers back into legal trade, with OFAC lifting sanctions ship… --- ## [Four of the UK's eight new ships were on nobody's list, and three were on air under their own names last month](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/four-of-the-uks-eight-new-ships-were-on-nobodys-list-and-three-were-on-air-under-their-own-names-last-month/77712)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/four-of-the-uks-eight-new-ships-were-on-nobodys-list-and-three-were-on-air-under-their-own-names-last-month/77712 "2026-10-01T14:13:18Z")
At 3:32 PM EDT yesterday we heard the LNG carrier CHAIVO about 85 km south-east of Nakhodka, making 16 knots and broadcasting her own name on a Russian number. This morning the UK sanctioned her. Nobody else ever has: sh… --- ## [Mirabel (IMO 9511521): back on AIS off Nakhodka, and a position claiming 57 knots](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mirabel-imo-9511521-back-on-ais-off-nakhodka-and-a-position-claiming-57-knots/77518)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mirabel-imo-9511521-back-on-ais-off-nakhodka-and-a-position-claiming-57-knots/77518 "2026-09-22T13:33:53Z")
Following on from the Arctic STS piece here last week. One of those tankers is one I’ve been watching, and she’s given me something I’d like a second opinion on. She’s the Mirabel, IMO 9511521, although the lists can’… --- ## [Chariot Tide (IMO 9323376) after Alexandria: what her AIS did next, and a PSC question](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chariot-tide-imo-9323376-after-alexandria-what-her-ais-did-next-and-a-psc-question/77424)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chariot-tide-imo-9323376-after-alexandria-what-her-ais-did-next-and-a-psc-question/77424 "2026-09-17T14:53:54Z")
Following up on the Chariot Tide, IMO 9323376. PSC and insurance come up here a lot and nobody’s said what happened after that Alexandria report. A shadow-fleet watcher on Bluesky posted on 12 August that port inspector… --- ## [Has anyone else noticed the gemstones?](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-the-gemstones/77380)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-the-gemstones/77380 "2026-09-14T12:28:15Z")
I run a small project that follows sanctioned ships on AIS. Over the last month about thirty sanctioned tankers have come up on new Russian MMSIs, most of them from Cameroon, Sierra Leone or Panama numbers. That part is … --- ## [The Riesco's Zimbabwe flag, and the numbers behind it](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-riescos-zimbabwe-flag-and-the-numbers-behind-it/77355)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Plumley](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Josh_Plumley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-riescos-zimbabwe-flag-and-the-numbers-behind-it/77355 "2026-09-12T13:34:41Z")
Hi all. Long-time reader, first topic. The Riesco, one of the five tankers hit on the 8th, was sailing as a Zimbabwe ship. Zimbabwe is landlocked and has no ship registry, so there’s no office there that could have issu… --- ## [The Shadow Fleet’s Human Firewall](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-shadow-fleet-s-human-firewall/76261)
**Author:** [@Raghu\_Sharma](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Raghu_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-shadow-fleet-s-human-firewall/76261 "2026-07-18T22:58:09Z")
Should Masters carry the risk of shadow-fleet trades planned ashore? The shadow fleet is usually discussed through old tankers, weak flags, AIS gaps, doubtful insurance, opaque ownership and sanctions enforcement. Bu…