MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in the Baltic Sea – E-000291/2025

Question for written answer  E-000291/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Siegbert Frank Droese (ESN)

• 1.What is the Commission’s assessment of the environmental and maritime safety implications of the so-called Russian shadow fleet of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea, which, according to Greenpeace and others, represents a major environmental threat?[1]
• 2.Against this background, what is the Commission’s view of the impact of the sanctions policy against the Russian Federation?

Submitted: 23.1.2025

• [1] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/Tankerliste-Greenpeace-warnt-vor-russischer-Ostsee-Schattenflotte,schattenflotte102.html