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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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🧐
Chris Van Decar
2026-01-24 15:45:40 +0000 UTCThat's a remarkably well maintained tanker Sal.
John Frewer
2026-01-24 14:47:15 +0000 UTCDo we need to make a bingo board of tanker seizures in 2026 Sal? xD
WhyTrashEarth
2026-01-24 04:12:11 +0000 UTCPretty clean looking shadow tanker ...
Gary Guttebo
2026-01-24 03:17:59 +0000 UTCSo if Sal goes dark, does that make him a part of the dark fleet? 🤔
J. Lovelace
2026-01-24 02:03:32 +0000 UTC
