https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/ 2026-05-06T06:41:47+00:00 https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/ https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:ais_theft&rev=1737584203&do=diff AIS Theft “For the last 10 years she's not gone west of Nepal,” he said, while the company's insurer suggested a tracking error or AIS theft. text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:documents&rev=1737584203&do=diff Documents It says these attempts were made by fabricating or falsifying certificates of origin (COs). text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:flag-hopping&rev=1737584203&do=diff Flag-Hopping Many also practice ‘flag-hopping’, the practice of changing the country flag under which the ship sails, making them extremely difficult to track via conventional shipping data monitoring. text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:grey_fleet&rev=1737584203&do=diff Grey Fleet The second is a ‘grey fleet’ – this is the entirely new subdivision of shipping created in response to the sanctions. According to Maritime Insights firm Windward AI, this fleet numbers around 900 ships smuggling Russian oil that have been registered to other countries, sometimes changing to others to obfuscate ownership. This fleet largely operates in a quasi-legal if not slippery manner, transporting oil to eager buyers including China, India and Turkey who have emerged after bans … text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:pre-pensioners&rev=1737584203&do=diff Pre-Pensioners Commodity data firm Kpler’s lead crude analyst, Viktor Katona, told City A.M. Russia’s fleet is now made up of the “pre-pensioners” – referring to ships that are most likely over 15 years old. text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:price_cap&rev=1737584203&do=diff Price Cap In early September 2022, G7 leaders confirmed their intention to impose another measure designed to punish the Kremlin without causing a major shock to the fragile global economy. Under the new proposal, the EU would embargo imports of Russian oil, but western companies could continue to support the export of Russian oil to other parts of the world, if it was sold at a discount to market prices. text/html 2025-01-29T20:57:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:shadow_fleet&rev=1738184225&do=diff Shadow Fleet Vortexa suggests that non-sanctioned shadow vessels could continue carrying Russian oil to China, as the shorter distance means the number of tankers required is relatively small. There are estimates that the Russian shadow fleet ships a little more than 80% of Russian seaborne text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:shared_fields&rev=1737584203&do=diff Shared Fields text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:ship&rev=1737584203&do=diff SHIP In early November, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (Ship) bill, which targets foreign ports, refineries and vessels handling Iranian oil. If passed into law, the Ship bill would impose sanctions on foreign ports that knowingly accept shipments of Iranian petroleum products, and on refineries that knowingly process petroleum originating from Iran. text/html 2025-01-22T22:16:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mauricepointner.at/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=0_public:regulations_and_compliance:sanctions:spoofing&rev=1737584203&do=diff Spoofing With location spoofing often at play in the case of shadow tanker activity, it is almost impossible to verify whether transactions have actually occurred.