A Russia-bound LPG tanker sailing for the Baltic port of Ust-Luga spoofed its location for 10 days in the Gulf of Finland, concealing the loading of its cargo of propane or butane. The 22-year-old vessel was sold to a newly incorporated single-ship company in India in late September and immediately sailed for the Baltic Sea...

Many Iran-flagged tankers simultaneously ended a sustained period of dark activity for three days, starting October 12, only for most of the fleet to resume the deceptive shipping practice 48 hours later. Of the 88 tankers flying the Iranian flag (most belonging to the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), 52 were transmitting AIS signals between...