How Eswatini created a shipping register by accident
The private company that set about flagging over 20 ships, many of which were sanctioned or operating inside the dark fleet, did so as a result of ‘a genuine misinterpretation’ of a government agreement in 2023
The landlocked African state of Eswatini has finally conceded that the opaque ship register established in its name should not have been allowed to go ahead and is now in the process of removing its flag from vessels internationally