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Sovcomflot
Every Vessel Hunter story on Sovcomflot: 4 stories, from 11 August 2026 to 14 October 2026. Newest: "French Navy boards sanctioned tanker DF Peak 450 miles south of Réunion". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.

French Navy boards sanctioned tanker DF Peak 450 miles south of Réunion
French forces boarded the EU-sanctioned Aframax DF Peak on the high seas south of Réunion on 12 October over a suspected false flag and illicit fuel transport.

Putin Inspects the Arc7 LNG Carrier Pyotr Stolypin at the Zvezda Yard
The Russian president visited the Zvezda complex at Bolshoy Kamen on 2 September to inspect an icebreaking LNG carrier built for a project whose scale has been cut back by sanctions.

Investigation Links Dozens Of Sanctioned Tanker Operators To One Email Domain
An analytics firm has traced nearly two dozen nominally independent operators of sanctioned tankers back to a single private email domain also used by Russia's state shipping group.

Sovcomflot Assembles Sanctioned Tanker Convoy For Arctic Run To Asia
Russia's state shipping company is assembling a flotilla of sanctioned tankers in the Kara Sea for a convoy passage to Asia along the Northern Sea Route, reportedly carrying more than 950,000 tonnes of crude.
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