Investigations underway amid allegations of illicit Iranian oil transfer
The case of the Suez Rajan comes after insurers warned shipowners of increasingly prevalent and sophisticated subterfuge activity at sea and urged companies to step up due diligence to avoid being inadvertently caught up in sanctioned trades
Oaktree Capital subsidiary Fleetscape, class society ABS, UK P&I all join US authorities in investigating an alleged ship-to-ship transfer of Iranian crude involving a tanker owned by Greece-based Empire Navigation led by Stamatis Molaris