Fewer falsely-flagged ships in Russia’s shadow fleet

The number of falsely-flagged vessels in Russia's so-called shadow fleet has declined while the number of ships sailing under the Russian flag has increased, Swedish Radio News reports.

Henning Jessen is a professor at the UN's World Maritime University in Malmö and he says it seems that measures such as sanctions and boarding of the ships are having an effect.

However, he warns that sailing under the Russian flag makes it more complicated for other nations to intervene. ...