The rise of the Dark fleet seriously attributes to seafarers' safety and shipping reputation
- Author:sofreight.com
- Release Date:2022-12-15
Industry insiders warned that the continuous expansion of the Dark Oil Roules Fleet has not only threatened the reputation of global shipping, but also caused the safety of seafarers' lives and the risks of the environment.
Further reading: → Nearly 400 tankers may join the "dark fleet", but they can not escape the tracking and positioning from space
The risk risk of oil rotation increases significantly
Russia, like the oil export giant Iran and Venezuela, to evade sanctions, this year used the old oil tanker to form a dark fleet.
In recent months, all parties related to Russia have been spending crazy and purchased a large number of old tankers to prepare for the new sanctions beginning earlier this month.These old vessels were forced to engage in more dangerous transportation operations without providing the best ship management, board -grade and insurance.
As the scale of the Dark Ship fleet becomes larger and larger, the transfer rate of ships around the world has soared, and shipping experts are worried that the number of accidents will become more and more.
Broker Poten & Partners said last month that the oil rotation dark fleet was close to 300, and the freight price of Venezuela or Iran's oil may be two to three times the market freight of legal sailing.
Poten pointed out: "These premiums have sufficient temptation for those who are speculative and cautiously, attracting them to participate in these transactions."
Poten warned: "If Russia will begin to use more ships from the dark fleet, the average age of their exported tankers will rise sharply, unfortunately, the risk of accidents will increase.
In the past few months, several accidents related to Russia have occurred.
The situation of the seafarers is even more worrying
"We are worried about the rise of the Dark Ship fleet," said Jakob Larsen, a maritime safety and security director of the International Shipping Organization, said, and we strongly condemned the acts of violation of safety regulations, including closing the ship's AIS to evade sanctions. "
Larsen said: "What is worrying is that these behaviors may have a bad impact on commercial fleets that provide safe and reliable transportation services."
Michael Grey, a high -profile shipping writer, said: "The oil tanker department has worked hard for so long to become Rolls -Royce in the shipping industry. Now the expansion of the dark fleet brings the risk of destroying the reputation."
Fabrizio Barcellona, coordinator of the International Transportation Workers' Federation (ITF) Hairman DepartmentSecond-rate."
Barcellona said that the scope of the dark fleet has become more difficult, because after a series of operations on the convenience flag, the real owner or controller of the ship is easily hidden.
A spokesman for IMO said: "The primary task of international maritime organizations is to ensure the safety and reliability of shipping and prevent pollution. We urge all member states to take action to ensure that the regulations of maritime organizations can fully implement all ships."
Key nodes of oil tankers are seriously gathered
Another security issue is that the oil tankers are getting more and more serious near the main hubs and throats around the world.
There are more and more fleets near the Bosptruce Strait. Turkey decided to check all the insurance turnover through the cashor, which hindered the passage of many tankers. Many accidents in the crowded anchor in Istanbul this year have occurred.
Analysts of the shipping platform Signal Ocean said that after the Russian oil price limit led by G7 and the European Union prohibit imported Russian crude oil, they discovered that Russia's crude oil flows have fallen on a large scale this week, and this decline will seem to continue in the next few days."
Further reading: → Nearly 400 tankers may join the "dark fleet", but they can not escape the tracking and positioning from space
The risk risk of oil rotation increases significantly
Russia, like the oil export giant Iran and Venezuela, to evade sanctions, this year used the old oil tanker to form a dark fleet.
In recent months, all parties related to Russia have been spending crazy and purchased a large number of old tankers to prepare for the new sanctions beginning earlier this month.These old vessels were forced to engage in more dangerous transportation operations without providing the best ship management, board -grade and insurance.
As the scale of the Dark Ship fleet becomes larger and larger, the transfer rate of ships around the world has soared, and shipping experts are worried that the number of accidents will become more and more.
Broker Poten & Partners said last month that the oil rotation dark fleet was close to 300, and the freight price of Venezuela or Iran's oil may be two to three times the market freight of legal sailing.
Poten pointed out: "These premiums have sufficient temptation for those who are speculative and cautiously, attracting them to participate in these transactions."
Poten warned: "If Russia will begin to use more ships from the dark fleet, the average age of their exported tankers will rise sharply, unfortunately, the risk of accidents will increase.
In the past few months, several accidents related to Russia have occurred.
The situation of the seafarers is even more worrying
"We are worried about the rise of the Dark Ship fleet," said Jakob Larsen, a maritime safety and security director of the International Shipping Organization, said, and we strongly condemned the acts of violation of safety regulations, including closing the ship's AIS to evade sanctions. "
Larsen said: "What is worrying is that these behaviors may have a bad impact on commercial fleets that provide safe and reliable transportation services."
Michael Grey, a high -profile shipping writer, said: "The oil tanker department has worked hard for so long to become Rolls -Royce in the shipping industry. Now the expansion of the dark fleet brings the risk of destroying the reputation."
Fabrizio Barcellona, coordinator of the International Transportation Workers' Federation (ITF) Hairman DepartmentSecond-rate."
Barcellona said that the scope of the dark fleet has become more difficult, because after a series of operations on the convenience flag, the real owner or controller of the ship is easily hidden.
A spokesman for IMO said: "The primary task of international maritime organizations is to ensure the safety and reliability of shipping and prevent pollution. We urge all member states to take action to ensure that the regulations of maritime organizations can fully implement all ships."
Key nodes of oil tankers are seriously gathered
Another security issue is that the oil tankers are getting more and more serious near the main hubs and throats around the world.
There are more and more fleets near the Bosptruce Strait. Turkey decided to check all the insurance turnover through the cashor, which hindered the passage of many tankers. Many accidents in the crowded anchor in Istanbul this year have occurred.
Analysts of the shipping platform Signal Ocean said that after the Russian oil price limit led by G7 and the European Union prohibit imported Russian crude oil, they discovered that Russia's crude oil flows have fallen on a large scale this week, and this decline will seem to continue in the next few days."