The Marseille prosecutor’s office said the tanker’s captain, an Indian national, was temporarily detained but later released and allowed to return to the ship.
Even aside from the whole Russia angle, an oil tanker running aground is bad news, just from an “huge oil mess potential” standpoint. I wonder if it was empty, seeing as the article didn’t mention oil spill risk?
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Doesn’t sound like it was empty.
On January 25, AFP published video provided by the French Armed Forces General Staff. The footage shows a military helicopter hovering above the tanker as armed French personnel fast-rope onto the deck, make contact with the crew and conduct an inspection.
The Insider reviewed the AFP video and noted the tanker was riding low in the water — in places the waterline was barely visible due to waves. Such draft typically indicates the ship is carrying a full or near-full load.
Oh, “grounded” here must be some kind of bad translation. I suspect that they mean “impounded” or something like that.
Shadow fleet ships are used for more than oil running— a group of students was able to correlate the movements of a trio of ships with drone activity over restricted locations in Europe.
