Category: Comoros
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TGS picks up geophysical data deal for offshore oil & gas basins in Africa
TGS picks up geophysical data deal for offshore oil & gas basins in Africa Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured the rights to market and license offshore geophysical data for the offshore acreage in the Comoros, a small island country in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa. The post TGS…
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Flag-hopping hits extreme levels
Flag-hopping hits extreme levels The monthly publication of Clarksons Research’s World Fleet Monitor increasingly shows data that reflects the extraordinary geopolitical challenges and machinations that shipping has to navigate in 2025. With flag-hopping becoming standard operating procedure for the shadow – or parallel – fleet, monthly changes in registry numbers have never been so extreme…
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Comoros takes action on dark fleet
Comoros takes action on dark fleet Israeli maritime analytics firm Windward is reporting that the government of Comoros has begun a clean-out of its international registry, a flag which has been central to sanctions-circumventing dark fleet tankers shipping Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil. There are now 62 tankers, three liquefied petroleum gas carriers and one…
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EU and UK sanction UAE-based operator of the Gabon and Comoros flags
EU and UK sanction UAE-based operator of the Gabon and Comoros flags The European Union and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Intershipping Services, a UAE-based company that operates the flag registries of Gabon and Comoros, both of which have played a central role in supporting the opaque tanker network transporting sanctioned Russian crude. The move…