Forty-Five Shadow Fleet Tankers Link to a Single Hong Kong Nominee

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Windward analysis linked 45 Russia-trading shadow fleet tankers to 45 single-ship Hong Kong companies and one beneficial owner. Forty-two tankers are reportedly sanctioned, and most share ISM managers with addresses in an industrial cluster in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan.

One Nominee, Forty-Five Companies, Forty-Five Tankers Windward’s visual link analysis has identified 45 Russia-trading shadow fleet tankers connected through 45 single-ship Hong Kong companies to one beneficial owner. All but three share 19 different ISM managers with addresses in the same industrial cluster in the Azerbaijani city of Sumqayit. 42 of the fleet are sanctioned, ...