Haha! That’s funny

False flagged DESERT KITE... Not afraid of the Swedes (so far)

Sparta, General Skobelev, Severomorsk, MHV 805 Gemini

Started out in October as LNG only - seems to have grown out of that

US Opens Fire, Disables & Seizes an Iranian Ship Attempting to Break the Blockade | 19 April 2026

Video: youtu.be/hcUgIXRHLbM

That is 4 hours prior to turn

There is an AIS shy/missing vessel about 42 nm ahead of. But at 250ish meters, it is likely a merchant vessel.

Almost all of the NYRA/NORA/ZYRA/... fleet have gone from false Comoros to Iran now. One of the last ones drifting near Gibraltar, to repaint the home port...

TIL at Wikipedia havde en app 🤩

False flagged DESERT KITE, started transit of the Baltic

False Nicaragua flagged "SEA MOON" has been detained in PSC by Romania.

Vessel listed on confirmed fake NIATA Register (masquerading as flag-admin for Nicaragua).

lantern.panton.dev/sites/niatar...

Shipwrecks, Sham Papers and False Flags: Tracking the Company Behind It All - bellingcat A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia - all involving one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Sharma.

Both entities associated with the organisation of Suniel Kumar Sharma:

www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

Vessel also appears on 'Oceaniek Bureau', a fraudulent classification. Loads of documents for vessel added today.

lantern.panton.dev/sites/oceani...

False Nicaragua flagged "SEA MOON" has been detained in PSC by Romania.

Vessel listed on confirmed fake NIATA Register (masquerading as flag-admin for Nicaragua).

lantern.panton.dev/sites/niatar...

They forgot to change their radio-ID, appears to be Cameroon on Equasis

now look at what all that hard work resulted in

sketchy.boats#f=sketchines...

Here is one that is not afraid of the longboats of Sweden

sketchy.boats/9292503

Strange case of DUKE II

Acts like the shadow fleet, but is not sanctioned or otherwise known (according to my notes at sketchy.boats)

Shared a googleform with @vesselspotter.bsky.social - the one man army

Only a debut in Sweden, have done plenty of stuff in Denmark :)

Skuggflottan byter rutt – för att undvika svenska farvatten GPS-datan visar förändringen • Flera fartyg har bordats: ”Blivit för riskabelt”

The shadow fleet started taking another route, this time Swedish waters are avoided.

Reporting in TV4 (featuring my TV-debut in Sweden)

Russian naval vessel seen 'waiting' in English Channel, Nato source confirms A Russian naval vessel has been observed in British waters days after three Russian submarines were deterred from an alleged 'covert operation'

🚨BREAK: A Russian naval vessel is currently "waiting” in the Channel, near to UK offshore windfarms.

A Kremlin Amur Class Repair Ship PM-82, was spotted loitering at the Eastern entrance of the English Channel, around 50km off the coast of Colchester.

inews.co.uk/news/russian...

The swedish anti-sketchiness force-field is powerful.

sketchy.boats/9260823
sketchy.boats/9311622

sketchy.boats Not saying this boat's shady. Just saying it ticks a lot of weird boxes. Sketchiness score inside.

I would be really great if someone could help me compile a list of when tankers divert like that. Eager to document this highly sus' behaviour, but dont have time to watch it all the time.

ENZO 2 (Iranian flagged) entering the Baltic. Sister-ship of container vessel NORA, that is currently being searched, container by container, less than 20 NM from the bridge.

a blue car with a license plate that says kj7rua ALT: a blue car with a license plate that says kj7rua

New scenic route unlocked

Kustbevakningen bordade fartyg i Östersjön – misstänks för miljöbrott Under söndagsmorgonen bordade Kustbevakningen ett fartyg utanför Ystad efter misstankar om miljöbrott. Detta efter att Kustbevakningens flyg upptäckt att det Panamaflaggade bulkfartyget spolade kolres...

Another ship boarded by Swedish coast guard. This time the Panamanian registered Hui Yuan.

www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

It continues

Krasnodar returning to the Baltic sea escorted by tug SB-123, Soobrazitelny and RDN Esbern Snare.