French President Emmanuel Macronstated in agreement with the investigation by the French authorities for possible violations of Boracay tankerwhich is allegedly linked to the so -called ‘Shadow fleet’.
The Boracay ship remains anchored near the St. Nazarwhile the French authorities have not made official announcements. Its prosecutor Brost He said that the investigation began because the crew did not show evidence of the nationality of the ship and did not comply with the relevant orders, without giving further details.
Macron, speaking at the European Union Summit in Denmark, revealed that ‘Shadow fleet’ involved in trafficking of Russian oil It consists of 600 to 1,000 ships.
These tankers usually have opaque ownership and insurance, and many of them are over 20 years old.
The boracay included in the list of ships in which they have imposed sanctions by Britain and the European Union due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this year, the ship was arrested by the Estonian authorities for sailing without a valid flag.
According to Marinetraffic, Boracay sailed from the Russian port of Primorsk on September 20th. He crossed the Baltic Sea, crossed Denmark and entered the North Sea, continuing west through the Channel.
Monitoring data shows that the 2007 tanker was monitored by a French warship after turning to the northwestern tip of Francebefore changing the course to the French coast.
The French Navy, prosecutor Brest and other naval authorities did not answer questions about the incident.
For his part, the Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said he had no information about the ship. However, he stressed that the Russian army sometimes needs to restore order when foreign countries are making ‘Provocative actions’.
Source :Skai
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