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vesselspotter.bsky.social
@vesselspotter.bsky.social
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Quite the number of #Tankers idling off #Malaysia #Singapore !

#CCHGas there as well. Somehow #China #Containervessel #ZhongGuXiongAn seemed to come close-by?

@tankertrackers.com
@maritimekiwi.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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No flag or #false flag
Name Desert Kite #DesertKite or Fuga Bluemarine #FugaBluemarine ?
Company #MarshallIslands / #China 🤷‍♂️
No #PortStateControls #PSC listed since 2021 !

Any action from #PortState or #CoastalState ?

Guess they have insurance and flag state papers in order 🤷‍♂️
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
vesselspotter.bsky.social
So a standard #PSV #PlatformSupplyVessel with a big'ish crane and a few #TLQ #TemporaryLivingQuaters on deck?
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Matros Shevchenko #MatrosShevchenko IMO 9574195 #IMO9574195 moved from port to anchorage #Lome #Togo

No Owner, No #Class
#Russia flag

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@thereccelizard.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
vesselspotter.bsky.social
#Blue turning westward, to avoid #WetRep reporting lines or to get seas head-on instead of abeam?
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Akademik Ioffe #AkademikIoffe outbound #EnglishChannel
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#AkademikBorisPetrov continuing up the #BalticSea
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Mikhail Dudin #MikhailDudin passing #Skagen #Skaw #DK #Denmark outbound having taken the inner route close to shore. Propably due to weather.

Dep: #Russia
Dest: #Rotterdam #NL #Netherlands
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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#Tanker Desert Kite #DesertKite IMO 9235725 #IMO9235725 getting close and personal with #Bornholm #DK #Denmark

Propably about to pick up #Pilot #MaritimePilot

#BalticSea #Shadowfleet
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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#Tyrfing delayed start-up on #Samsø route

tv-kalundborg.dk/nyheder/elfa...
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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A few more pics from #Forsvaret ( Source FB #ForsvarsministerietsMateriel-ogIndkøbsstyrelse)
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#Russia #LNG #Export hampered by #Ice

#Tanker #Buran IMO 9953509 #IMO9953509
#NorthernSeaRoute #NSR

#GCaptain

gcaptain.com/dark-fleet-l...
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Update from FB #DoverStraitShipping

#Tanker #GeneralSkobelev
#Submarine #Krasnador
#Patrolvessel #ViktorVeliky
#Ascalon

Passing by within last 24 hours

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@auonsson.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Pictures from FB #Esvagt of #EsvagtServer and #Amonith entering #Esbjerg #PortOfEsbjerg
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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New Light Reconnaissance Vehicles for #Army #Forsvaret #DK #Denmark #1stBrigade #1.Brigade

#ENOK #ACS #ArmouredCarSystems #NATO

www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Fyi #MinervaPacifica was subject to #PSC #PortStateControl off #Skaw #Skagen #DK #Denmark 05.11.2025.

5 Findings, 4 related to Fire Safety

parismou.org/inspection-D...
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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#Antarktika #Russia #Tanker IMO 9413559 #IMO9413559 coming down from #Artic #Murmansk avoiding #WetRep reporting lines.
Destination #Egypt
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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#Vezhen IMO 9937270 #IMO9937270 had 2 (or 3) different locations when it stayed off #Dublin

Flag #Malta #EU #Europe
Dest #US #USA
Charterer #Cargill #Switzerland

Last #PortStateControl #PSC in #Ireland on 27.11.2025

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December 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Is #Blue #False Flag #Shadowfleet #Tanker taking one of the scenic routes round #Ireland #Eire #BritishIslands ?

IMO 9236353 #IMO9236353
Flag #TimorLeste #False (long list of different flags)
Management #Turkey
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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07.12.2025

2 possible oilspills observed via satellite from #Oil&Gas installation in #NorthSea.
Wonder if #Forsvaret had an airplane or vessel to check as well? 🤷‍♂️

#Oilspill #DK #Denmark #DKPol #DKMedier

www.forsvaret.dk/da/doegnrapp...
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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07.12.2025 #Gothenburg #Gøteborg #Anchorage

#Bunkertanker #Nore ( #BunkerOne #Bunkerholding #DanBunkering #USTC #DKBiz) alongside #Bulkcarrier #Plana 9835769 arriving from #Russia
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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www.politico.eu/article/worl...

#Politico #Politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Yeah, you are propably right about inbound.
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#RDN Frigate #Forsvaret switching on #AIS and about to pass #CPH #Copenhagen
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Where is vessel draft info coming from?
If from #AIS then that info can be changed manually onboard to , say, 10,9m or 10,8 .... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷
Is vessel draft checked visually by authorities?
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM