When the Malibu departed Murmansk port shortly after 8.30am on Sunday 28 August, leaving behind mild weather and steel-filled skies north of the Arctic Circle, it was weighed down with thousands of tonnes of crude oil and headed for Rotterdam, a familiar, well-trodden route for the Greek-owned tanker. \n \nBy the time the red and black-hulled liner made its way out of Kola Bay, navigated round Scandinavia, and docked in the Netherlands six days later, though, the outlook for the Malibu and th...
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Already a member? Login hereInvestigation by Chris Matthews (Investigate Europe) and Sotiris Sideris, Nikolas Leontopoulos, Thodoris Chondrogiannos, Konstantina Maltepioti (Reporters United).
#FuellingWar is a joint project of the journalistic non-profit organisations Investigate Europe and Reporters United.
Apart from the authors the following reporters have contributed to the investigation: Lorenzo Buzzoni, Ingeborg Eliassen, Manuel Rico, Nico Schmidt, Amund Trellevik.
In addition to EUobserver, media partners of this investigation are: Der Tagesspiegel (Germany), Bergens Tidende (Norway), Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), InfoLibre (Spain), Meduza (Russia), Publico (Portugal).
Data Visualisation: Hendrik Lehmann and David Meininger (Der Tagesspiegel).
Investigation by Chris Matthews (Investigate Europe) and Sotiris Sideris, Nikolas Leontopoulos, Thodoris Chondrogiannos, Konstantina Maltepioti (Reporters United).
#FuellingWar is a joint project of the journalistic non-profit organisations Investigate Europe and Reporters United.
Apart from the authors the following reporters have contributed to the investigation: Lorenzo Buzzoni, Ingeborg Eliassen, Manuel Rico, Nico Schmidt, Amund Trellevik.
In addition to EUobserver, media partners of this investigation are: Der Tagesspiegel (Germany), Bergens Tidende (Norway), Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), InfoLibre (Spain), Meduza (Russia), Publico (Portugal).
Data Visualisation: Hendrik Lehmann and David Meininger (Der Tagesspiegel).