Shadow fleet ships slip back to mainstream trades
- Four adept spoofers have swapped out manipulated voyages for compliant loadings
- ‘Flipping’ of shadow fleet tankers increases need for thorough historical voyage checks
- Middle East Gulf countries’ demand for tankers for export and storage could see willingness to temporarily relax due diligence requirements
The reintegration of several ships into compliant trade offers a first glance at what the shadow fleet exit strategy could be, but there are no expectations of a widespread, sustained reversion
