At a Glance Russian Tankers Repeatedly Bypass the English Channel Western-sanctioned tankers loading oil at Russian Baltic ports normally transit the English Channel as part of standard voyage routing. In the past 30 days, Windward tracked 84 Western-sanctioned tankers through the Channel — 44% flagged with Sierra Leone, 19% with Cameroon, and 18% with Russia…. The post Why Russia’s Sanctioned Shadow Fleet Is Bypassing the English Channel appeared first on Windward .