These ships, typically oil tankers such as the one Ivan is stuck on, are more often ageing vessels of obscure ownership, unseaworthy, likely uninsured, and operationally hazardous. And they ...

Kayleen Devlin,Barbara MetzlerandKevin Nguyen,BBC Verify BBCThe Sofos sailing under its earlier name, the MTM HudsonDozens of oil tankers sanctioned by the UK in response to Russia's war in Ukraine ...

Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentReutersThe government has identified a legal basis which it believes can be used to allow UK military to board and detain vessels in so-called shadow fleets, BBC ...

The US has announced the seizure of two oil tankers: the Marinera formerly known as the Bella 1 in the North Atlantic and the Sophia in international waters near ...

US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela.In a post on ...

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent andTom InghamClimate and Science ProducerGwyndaf Hughes/BBCWater from drought-hit Hampshire has been used to help fill this lake in WiltshireSouthern Water has warned tanker companies to stop ...