China detains unsafe VLCC suspected of involvement in Iranian oil trade
The Cameroon-flagged vessel Roma, which appeared in an Iranian port in January and was de-classed by ABS in the past year for sanction reasons, has been kept at a major Chinese oil port since June 25, after a Port State Control inspection
The episode comes against the backdrop of increased efforts from local maritime authorities to regulate calls from old and suspicious tonnage. Three more tankers were held up in China this month, all at ports in the oil hub province of Shandong