One more thing! it appears the vessel on the left lower side of the pic could be be the Russian intelligence-gathering ship KILDIN. Who remember her? 🛰️

🇷🇺🇸🇾 The syrian express is back in Russia! Russian destroyer ADMIRAL LEVCHENKO has been spotted in Baltiysk. As a reminder, she escorted SPARTA and GENERAL SKOBELEV on their return from Syria. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a satellite image showing SPARTA clearly.

Following a brief in-port period, RF Navy Northern Fleet Yantar-class special-purpose auxiliary vessel Yantar departed port by midday on 30 September and remains underway through today previous underway: 31 August-27 September

🇷🇺 RUSSIA DETAINS CARGO SHIP IN THE GULF OF FINLAND Russian authorities have detained the Cyprus-flagged Västerbotten (9436226) while she was sailing toward Estonia’s Sillamäe port.

HO 😮 Thanks! That might help too actually

We're currently mapping "European" crewing companies, linked to shadow-fleet vessels. A big part of the work is decoding deliberately vague job ads. We're looking for a few outside / expert views to sense-check some leads. DM if interested 🙃

😎The current position of ANASTASIIA is at North East Atlantic Ocean reported 4 min ago by AIS. The vessel is sailing at a speed of 7.4 knots. The vessel ANASTASIIA (IMO 9349291, MMSI 273298160) is a General Cargo Ship built in 2006 (20 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Russia.

A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.

🚨🚨🚨 Could WHITE CONDOR I’s withdrawn Cameroonian registration explain why it never entered the Strait of Gibraltar? The sanctioned tanker 🇨🇲 WHITE CONDOR I (IMO 9255244) has been loitering southwest of Gibraltar since 28 July, over 40 days.

Both cargo ships went dark on AIS shortly after Gibraltar, following the same pattern as SPARTA. They were already keeping a low profile before the Ukrainian drone strike on LADY MARIIA. Safe to say, that attack won't exactly encourage them to keep their AIS on in the Mediterranean... 🐙

SHABALIN has previously been used to deliver military equipment to Russia's Africa Corps in the Sahel. This time, however, the convoy appears to be heading elsewhere. As with the previous SPARTA convoy, Tobruk 🇱🇾 or Tartus 🇸🇾 remain plausible destinations.

🇷🇺🚢 The Russian naval convoy has entered the Mediterranean and is sailing east. The Ropucha-class landing ship ALEKSANDR SHABALIN, accompanied by the cargo vessels ANASTASIIA and YURIY ARSHENEVSKIY, is currently north of Algeria and continuing east.

We stopped posting on our Bluesky account. And more and more of you have been following us and tagging us every day. We apologize. We’re back for good, and we'll hit even harder this year. Back to business! 🐙