FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Russia’s ship registry expanded by 36% between January 2025 and June 2026, as growing international pressure on vessels linked to sanctions appears to have encouraged part of the so-called shadow fleet to move under the Russian flag. According to a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), 107 vessels were added to Russia’s registry during the period, with the increase reaching a peak in December 2025, when 25 vessels were registered in a single month. RelatedNews Satellite analysis reveals scale of chronic oil pollution at sea Shifting regulations complicate shipping’s decarbonisation investment plans var jnews_module_21383223_0_6aba4afd09cda = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21383223","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"528,132,3803","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":""