Irish waters exposed to grave environmental dangers by shadow fleet carrying Russian oil
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The increase in shadow fleet vessels off Ireland exposes the State to “exponential environmental risks”, said Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin, a sanctions expert with the Royal United…
More than 70 per cent of sanctioned oil tankers passing through Irish-controlled waters have serious safety issues, an Irish Times investigation has found.
Nearly a quarter of these ships, which are considered part of the so-called shadow fleet due to their use in transporting sanctioned Russian oil, have such poor safety records they have been detained by port authorities at least once in the past.
The figures underline the growing environmental risk posed by these ageing, poorly maintained tankers to the Irish west coast.
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