Why is a ‘British-flagged’ tanker embroiled in a Falklands Islands row?
- Tanker docked in southern Argentina port of Ushuaia to pick up provisions
- Local government branded the tanker’s presence ‘unacceptable’
- Vessel has now departed the port under no instructions from authorities
A tanker flagged with the Isle of Man registry has found itself in the unlikely centre of a row between Argentina’s federal government and the local government of Tierra del Fuego over who should oversee the critical port of Ushuaia
