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France Seizes a Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in the Mediterranean | The Grinch is Under Arrest
🕑 Added 2026-01-23 23:31:56 +0000 UTCIn this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the French boarding and seizure of the unregistered Dark Fleet tanker Grinch in the Mediterranean.
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Chris Van Decar
So our Professor may go "dark" because of the ice storm or as a cover to sail a seized tanker back to a US port? Hmmmmm🧐
John Frewer
That's a remarkably well maintained tanker Sal.
WhyTrashEarth
Do we need to make a bingo board of tanker seizures in 2026 Sal? xD
Gary Guttebo
Pretty clean looking shadow tanker ...
J. Lovelace
So if Sal goes dark, does that make him a part of the dark fleet? 🤔
