tanker

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But sources on social media have tracked the arrival of F-15 fighter jets, refuelling tankers and transport aircraft.

From BBC

On Thursday, the French navy intercepted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker - named the Grinch - which President Emmanuel Macron said was "subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag".

From BBC

Lawyers are asking a Scottish court to halt the deportation of the captain of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera after it was seized by the US in the North Atlantic.

From BBC

To achieve that, Iran has leaned on China and its shadow fleet, which currently consists of 613 tankers, including 180 very large crude carriers, according to ship monitoring website TankerTrackers.com.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Kyiv School of Economics, which runs a "Russian Oil Tracker", said in its latest report, in December, that 78 percent of the shadow-fleet tankers it monitored in November were older than 15 years.

From Barron's