Germany has increased checks on tankers in the Baltic Sea as it seeks to deter Russia’s shadow fleet of ageing vessels from circumventing western oil sanctions.
German maritime authorities said on Tuesday they had started requesting insurance documentation from tankers heading east through the 18km-wide strait, which separates the small, north German island of Fehmarn and the southern Danish coastline on the island of Lolland.
A failure to meet European regulation could lead to “Europe-wide monitoring” and “the ships being placed on a sanctions list,” the government said in a statement.
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