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What’s in a name? For sanctioned tankers taking the Russian flag, it seems, a plan. Since late July, 32 Aframaxes on the UK sanctions list have reappeared under the names of gemstones, the series our October film followed, from Kuntsit (kunzite) to Biryuza (turquoise). The larger crude tankers meanwhile
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Washington blacklisted seven ships run from one Piraeus office. Twelve sister ships from the same office, six of them inspected in Iranian ports, are on no sanctions list. Built from the Mariel database.
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An IMO number is supposed to outlive every change of name, flag and owner, and to end with the ship. Three numbers have not. Equasis lists the Kapten Caroq, the Auro and the Iria as scrapped, yet inspectors at Dongjiakou in China and Malacca in Malaysia have since recorded tankers
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Sanctioned by Washington, licensed by Washington: the Talisman’s journey from false flags to Primorsk, and a diesel cargo now heading west. Built from the Mariel database.
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