As Washington and London tighten sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s oil keeps flowing — rerouted, reflagged, and hidden at sea. We track sanctioned tankers and LNG cargoes in real time to reveal how Moscow’s “shadow fleet” evades Western crackdown.
At Whale Hunting, we’ve spent years mapping Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a parallel shipping system that keeps the Kremlin’s oil and gas moving far from Western oversight.
Now, as the Trump administration rolls out its first sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, we’re tracking the impact in real time: every cargo rerouted, every sanctioned tanker still sailing, every loophole exploited.
The United States and United Kingdom say the measures will strangle Moscow’s revenues.
But our live tracking tells a more complicated story — one of ships that vanish, reappear, and quietly deliver sanctioned cargoes to ports across Asia.
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The United States and the United Kingdom have imposed sweeping sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, two of Russia’s largest state-linked oil producers — a move that could send shockwaves through global energy markets.
But will it work? Moscow’s energy giants have spent years perfecting ways to skirt Western restrictions.
