Over 50 shadow fleet ships are spoofing off Malaysia’s sanctioned oil transfer hub monthly
- Under pressure from the US, Malaysia’s government pledged new regulations to stop shadow fleet ship-to-ship transfers, but so far no details have been revealed
- At least 50 incidents of AIS signal manipulation off Malaysia — a known transfer hub for Iranian sanctioned oil — are tracked monthly by Lloyd’s List
- Many tankers manipulate their location, or disable their tracking systems entirely, while engaging in ship-to-ship transfers
Lloyd’s List investigation reveals scale of problem as Malaysia’s government pledges to tackle illicit ship-to-ship transfers
