BP Shipping calls current U.S. advisories “a game changer”
AIS spoofing, portray over ships’ IMO numbers and names, and “flag hopping” are just some of the tips of the sanctions-busting commerce. Yesterday, the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a world advisory to alert the maritime business, and people energetic within the power and metals sectors, to these and different misleading transport practices used to evade sanctions, with a give attention to Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
The advisory features a detailed set of greatest practices for personal business to contemplate adopting to mitigate publicity to sanctions threat.
The advisory updates and expands upon earlier advisories issued by the U.S. authorities. It is meant to offer actors that make the most of the maritime business for commerce with info on and instruments to counter present and rising tendencies in sanctions evasion associated to transport and related providers. The advisory highlights widespread misleading transport practices used with respect to international locations like Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
Download the advisory HERE
