The shadowy world of abandoned oil tankers A growing number of tankers and other commercial vessels are being ditched by their owners.

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Two thirds of tanker abandonments involve shadow fleet vessels The shadow fleet’s role in seafarer abandonment continues to grow as data from the ITF and International Labour Organization show 2025 was the worst year on record  

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Spain Rescues Aging Freighter Left Adrift Without Fuel Spanish maritime authorities have decided to tow a ship that had allegedly been abandoned by its owners without fuel or provisions in the Strait of G...

#UnitedArabEmirates #UAE shipowning company abandoning vessel and crew!

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ITF Warns Abandoned Tanker Crew is Caught in Sanctions on Illicit Oil Trade The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling attention to the fate of 19 seafarers abandoned on a sanctioned product tanker that h...

Seafarers getting abandoned, example with Global Peace #GlobalPeace IMO 9555199 #IMO9555199

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Seafarers stranded off Yemen port eye exit after US-Houthi ceasefire deal - Sight Magazine Some 200 seafarers aboard more than 15 ships stuck for weeks off Yemen's port of Ras Isa are preparing to offload cargoes and leave.

Seafarers stranded off Yemen port eye exit after US-Houthi ceasefire deal @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Houthis #Yemen #seafarers #shipping #RedSea #RasIsa #InternationalTransportWorkersFederation #ITF #USHouthiceasefire

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