It is suspected that a oil company currently immobilized in Saint-Nazaire (Loira-Atlantique) is part of the Russian ghost fleet, even if it exceeds the Benino Pavilion. He could also participate in the incursion of drones in Denmark, at the end of September. The Brest prosecutor’s office opened an investigation this Wednesday, October 1.
• A Russian ghost fleet boat
This oil tanker, called “Pushpa” or “Boracay”, sails under the flag of Benin. However, this 244 -meter -long ship seems to be part of the Russian ghost fleet, which Russia uses to transport its oil despite Western sanctions.
France, like other countries, fights this fleet. “It represents dozens of billions of euros for the Russian budget. Finish, according to our evaluations, 40 % of the Russian war effort. There are between 600 and 1000 ships that circulate like this and that allow Russian hydrocarbons to walk, even when they are prohibited,” said Emmanuel Manuel Macron, lives from Copenhagen (Dinubation), where he is at a top of Europe.
From the port of Primorsk, near Saint-Petersburg (Russia), on September 20, the oil company would join Vadinar, in the northwest of India, a month later. But strangely has made a detour to anchor for several days near the Saint-Nazaire wind farm (northwest), according to the marine traffic site.
• A possible link with Drones Overlight in Denmark
In addition to avoiding sanctions in the routing of hydrocarbons, it is suspected that this oil tanker is involved in the overflow of drones in Denmark, at the end of September, according to the specialized site, the maritime executive. S
According to this source, the ship could have served as a “launch platform” [des drones] or “lure”.
This incursion had the consequence of disturbing Danish air traffic. It is not officially attributed to Russia, but the country is strongly suspected.
• An open survey in France
After a report by the French Navy, Brest’s prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “not justifying the nationality of the ship/pavilion” and “negative to comply,” said the prosecutor, Stéphane Kellenberger, to the AFP.
“Investigations and useful acts have been trusted by me, in Co-Saisine, to the Maritime Gendarmerie Research Section, as well as the Atlantic Maritime Gendarierie Group,” he added, without further details.
The information confirmed on Wednesday in BFMTV for the prosecution of Breton, which confirms the crimes, whose “a maximum and incurred mainly incurred in a sentence of one year in prison and/or 150,000 euros fine”
“The crew has committed very important failures, which justifies that the procedure is judicialized,” said Emmanuel Macron, who adds: “The intervention teams acted on time, but that states the presence and reality of the Russian ghost fleet.”
• A pavilion change several times
Built in 2007, the suspect oil changed its name and pavilion many times, alternatively registered in Gabon, the Marshall or Mongolia Islands, according to the site www.opensancions.org.
In addition to the European Union, it is under sanctions of Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, according to the same source.
Source: BFM TV
