On Thursday evening, the police discovered that a previously Russian-registered ship was docked at Slagentangen in Tønsberg. The ship “Dumankaya” now has a Turkish flag, but sailed under the Russian flag earlier this year. The police therefore consider the ship to be Russian. At the end of April, Norway closed its ports to Russian ships, as part of the sanctions against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More visits to Norway this summer Both tracking data from marinetraffic.com and documents news has gained access to show that “Dumankaya” has called at Norwegian ports three times in July. This has been reported by the ship itself: Mongstad from 16 July at 10.00 to 17 July at 00.30. Slagentangen from 24 July at 22:54 to 25 July at 07:48. Slagentangen on 27 July from 05.00 to 08.48. According to Marine Traffic, the tanker “Dumankaya” sails under the Turkish flag, but it has registered Murmansk as its home port. Photo: Screenshot from Marine Traffic Concerned about Russian imports Esso Norge has a tank facility at Slagentangen in Tønsberg, where the ship was docked when it was turned away by the police on Thursday. – We react strongly to the fact that such a large and well-resourced company as Esso obviously has so little control, says Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway. As the ship was previously registered as Russian, he is concerned that it may have imported Russian goods after the government closed Norway’s borders to Russian goods transport. – We know that exports of Russian products and Russian oil finance Putin’s warfare in Ukraine. That is why we have sanctions in place, says the Greenpeace leader. He is happy that the police were vigilant enough to take action against the ship. – No new import contracts Esso Norge explains that they are aware that there is an ongoing dialogue between the police and the owner of the Turkish-registered ship “Dumankaya”. – We have previously informed that Esso Norge has not entered into any contracts for imports from Russia since the war in Ukraine started, says Anne Fougner, director of information at Esso Norge AS. She says the ship is loaded with non-Russian biofuel. news has also been in contact with Equinor Mongstad. The company has not had the opportunity to answer questions, but says they will return with answers over the weekend. The ship is still nearby. The police look at ships that come into Norwegian ports every day. In this connection, they became aware of “Dumankaya” and started work to map its real origins. The South-East police district has contacted the Police Security Service (PST) about the case. If it becomes relevant to investigate, it is PST who does this. Although the tanker was expelled from Slagentangen in Tønsberg on Thursday, it was still lying along the coast of Vestfold and Telemark on Friday. The reason is that the shipping company has objections to the fact that they were deported and is now waiting for a clarification, police inspector and head of border control at the South-East police district, Torill Sorte, told news.
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“Dumankaya” has been in Norway several times – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
