Day: January 5, 2026
Another “shadow fleet” tanker off the coast of Venezuela has switched its flag to Russian in an apparent attempt to avoid interception by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The tanker Hyperion, which is under sanctions from the United States, the EU, and the United Kingdom, has reflagged as Russian.
Hyperion is described as the first tanker known to have operated both in the Russian Arctic and in waters off Venezuela.
In December, the vessel loaded a cargo of naphtha (a petroleum refining intermediate) in Murmansk and delivered it to Venezuela.
A similar maneuver was carried out in December by the crew of the tanker Bella 1, which departed from Iran and was heading to Venezuela to load crude oil.
After U.S. forces attempted to stop the vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the crew painted a Russian tricolor on the hull and informed the Coast Guard that the ship was under Russian control.
Following this, Russia sent an official note to the United States demanding that it halt the pursuit of the tanker, which subsequently disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 5, 2026
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Another “shadow fleet” tanker off the coast of Venezuela has switched its flag to Russian in an apparent attempt to avoid interception by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The tanker Hyperion, which is under sanctions from the United States, the EU, and the United Kingdom, has reflagged as Russian.
Hyperion is described as the first tanker known to have operated both in the Russian Arctic and in waters off Venezuela.
In December, the vessel loaded a cargo of naphtha (a petroleum refining intermediate) in Murmansk and delivered it to Venezuela.
A similar maneuver was carried out in December by the crew of the tanker Bella 1, which departed from Iran and was heading to Venezuela to load crude oil.
After U.S. forces attempted to stop the vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the crew painted a Russian tricolor on the hull and informed the Coast Guard that the ship was under Russian control.
Following this, Russia sent an official note to the United States demanding that it halt the pursuit of the tanker, which subsequently disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 5, 2026
The post Another “shadow fleet” tanker off the coast of Venezuela has switched its flag to Russian in an apparent attempt to avoid interception by the U.S. Coast Guard. The tanker Hyperion, which is under sanctions from the United States, the EU, and the United Kingdom, has reflagged as Russian. Hyperion is described as the first tanker known to have operated both in the Russian Arctic and in waters off Venezuela. In December, the vessel loaded a cargo of naphtha (a petroleum refining intermediate) in Murmansk and delivered it to Venezuela. A similar maneuver was carried out in December by the crew of the tanker Bella 1, which departed from Iran and was heading to Venezuela to load crude oil. After U first appeared on October Surprise 2016 – octobersurprise2016.org.
