Oil Tanker Dark Fleets https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1142833/Dark-fleet-danger-as-accident-prone-elderly-tankers-anchor-off-Malaysia
A TOTAL of 43 large tankers with an average age of 20 years, all engaged in deceptive practices linked with shipping sanctioned crude, were at anchor off the eastern coast of Malaysia in the past week, amplifying marine casualty risks near one of the world’s crucial oil trade arteries. There have been two casualties in the past six weeks off Singapore, involving elderly tankers that have been at anchor in the area and identified as shipping US-sanctioned Iranian and Venezuelan oil trades. The 43 anchoring tankers are part of a seaborne logistics base for Iranian, Venezuelan and now Russia crude, and form a well-established network that has evolved over the past three years to evade sanctions.