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Tanker with false IMO number sails in the Barents Sea

Tanker “Tavian” is operating under fake IMO number. On January 16, 2026 the ship sailed in the Barents Sea en route to Murmansk. Map: NAIS Barentswatch Tanker with false IMO number sails in the Barents Sea After having been banned from German territorial...

Military youth centre in Murmansk sends its instructors to war

Teachers from the VOIN Centre in Murmansk are going to occupied land. All instructors at the centre are required to have battlefield experience. Photo: VOIN Centre in Murmansk on VK Military youth centre in Murmansk sends its  instructors to war An organisation that...

On Saturday morning activists are blocking the entrance to the tunnel at the Repparfjord mining project. Photo: Jannik Abel / Nature and Youth Eco-activists block entrance to Europe’s northernmost copper mine project The activists are demanding that permission to dump...

The Melkart-3 is trawling near Svalbard

The Melkart-3 is one of the vessels owned and operated by Murman Seafood. Photo: Waree Lyngstad The Melkart-3 is trawling near Svalbard After being kicked out of the Norwegian economic zone, Murman Seafood continues fishing in Svalbard’s Fisheries Protection...

French Navy boards shadow tanker carrying Arctic oil

French special forces board the shadow tanker Grinch, which carried Arctic oil from Murmansk. Photo: the French Join Staff – Military Operations French Navy boards shadow tanker carrying Arctic oil “We will not tolerate any violation,” said President...