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Flag-hopping to join the shadow fleet for sanctions evasion is on the rise. Weak oversight from new African flag states threatens safety, the environment, and seafarer welfare amid global geopolitical fracture.
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車が無保険だったり車検切れだったりすると、交通事故が起きたときに問題ですが、ひとたびトラブルが発生すると大規模な海難事故に発展する大型タンカーの場合はなおさら重大です。耐用年数をはるかに超えた老朽船を無保険で運用し、制裁対象地域から違法に石油を運び出す、「闇の艦隊(Dark Fl
Dark fleets and Sanctions
We now have two worlds of international commerce, as a result of trade wars and the Ukraine-Russia conflict. As the Western world, principally the EU, UK and related countries and the US look to tighten sanctions on Russian oil exports, some shipowners are finding creative ways to get around the rules set by the West. One important escape hatch is to flag ships with a Flag State that doesn’t…
Dark Fleets and Flag States
It’s no secret that flag states are a weak point in maritime standards and regulations enforcement. Shipowners can easily circumvent rules by reflagging to a state that is more interested in the revenue from fees than in enforcement. And there are lots of them. This article paints a darker picture than we have heard of– outright bribery of flag states. The motivation is to skirt sanctions of…
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Tanker experts at BRS argue in their latest weekly report that shipping should no longer refer to the non-mainstream flotilla of tankers as