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Shadow fleet tanker master jailed after fleeing US Coast Guard pursuit

  • Former Bella 1 master Avtandil Kalandadze jailed for 10 months after pleading guilty to refusing US Coast Guard orders to stop
  • Prosecutors said the shadow fleet tanker carried 1.8m barrels of Iranian oil, and used AIS blackouts and identity concealment to evade scrutiny
  • The vessel fled across the Atlantic after interception in December 2025 before being seized, then sold for scrap by US authorities

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Former Bella 1 master Avtandil Kalandadze sentenced to 10 months in a US prison after admitting he defied Coast Guard orders during a weeks-long Atlantic pursuit of a tanker involved in transporting Iranian oil

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