Overview

• Greenpeace says the vessels have carried millions of tonnes of crude past the German Baltic coast since mid-June.
• The organization reports that 123 of the tankers appear on international sanctions lists.
• It identifies 27 so-called ghost ships not listed in fleet registers and sailing under false flags.
• Seventy tankers are 20 years old or older, which Greenpeace deems unfit for the safe transport of crude oil.
• Greenpeace urges Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to strengthen coastal protections and seek legal options to deny passage to stateless or falsely flagged ships, noting June pledges by Baltic states, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK to act.