Inside the Booming 'Shadow Fleet' Industry Keeping Rogue States Afloat
The tanker stopped broadcasting AIS for 10 days before reappearing, underscoring how shadow fleets help sanctioned states evade monitoring, researchers said.
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Inside the ‘shadow fleet’ industry that keeps rogue states afloat
It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea. A North Korea-linked oil tanker sailing under another country’s flag suddenly goes dark. It stops transmitting its location via the Automatic Identification System (AIS) machine that all large commercial ships have on board. It simply vanishes from the map. Ten days […]
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Inside the booming ‘shadow fleet’ industry keeping rogue states afloat
It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea. A North Korean-linked oil tanker sailing under another country’s flag suddenly goes dark. It stops transmitting its location using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) machine that all large commercial ships have on board. It simply vanishes from the map. Ten days later, the ship reappears on global tracking screens. Its signal places it off the coast of southern China. Excep…
Inside the booming 'shadow fleet' industry keeping rogue states afloat
Share articlePrint articleIt's the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea.A North Korean-linked oil tanker sailing under another country's flag suddenly goes dark. It stops transmitting its location using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) machine that all large commercial ships have on board. It simply vanishes fr
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