Cameroon pledges flag crackdown amid shadow fleet surge
- Diplomatic pressure being applied to flags taking in shadow fleet* ships
- Over a quarter of the 71 tankers deregistered by Gambia in November are now flagged by Cameroon
- A further 17% registered with Russia, which has taken a growing number of shadow fleet tonnage under its wing in recent months
Cameroon’s government-run ship register has been booming as a result of other flags ejecting sanctioned tonnage under pressure from the EU. Now the Yaoundé government is under pressure to crackdown as well
