A tanker detained off the coast of France, which is associated with the Russian shadow fleet, continued to move

The Boracay oil tanker, detained off the coast of France on suspicion of links to the Russian shadow fleet, has resumed its movement towards the Suez Canal. This was reported by Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) and Reuters , citing data from the MarineTraffic and Vesselfinder services.

The tanker began moving on the evening of October 2, and is now off the coast of western France. According to an AFP source, the ship's captain from China, who was detained after the tanker was stopped, returned on board. The French authorities are not commenting on what is happening.

On September 20, a tanker flying the flag of Benin left the port of Primorsk in the Leningrad region with crude oil and headed to India. Having rounded the northwestern coast of France, the tanker met a French warship.

According to AFP, the ship was detained on September 27. French prosecutors announced an investigation into his links to the Russian shadow fleet on October 1. Boracay was then anchored in the port city of Saint-Nazaire in western France.

The reason for the investigation was the refusal of the crew to provide information about the ownership of the tanker. According to the prosecutor's office of the city of Brest, the captain of the ship and his senior mate were detained.

Boracay is under sanctions from the European Union and Great Britain. At the end of September, specialized publications Maritime Executive and Lloyd's List wrote that the crew of the tanker may be involved in the flights of unknown drones over Denmark.

Vladimir Putin called the Boracay detention “piracy.” “The tanker was seized in international waters without any reason. Apparently they were looking for some kind of military cargo, drones, or something else. Nothing like that was there and cannot be,” he said at a meeting of the Valdai Club in Sochi.