Sweden Releases Tanker Seized in March in Baltic Sea
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The Swedish transport agency lifted the ban on the use of the Sea Owl 1 tank vessel, which in March 2026 was detained by the Coast Guard near Trelleborg, reported to the agency. "This means that the vessel is now free to leave Sweden", the report states.
Sweden has released the oil tanker Sea Owl 1, detained in March in the Baltic Sea, after Equatorial Guinea confirmed that the ship was properly registered under its flag. This was reported by Reuters, citing the Swedish Transport Agency, BTA reports. At the time of detention, the tanker was sailing under the flag of the Comoros Islands. However, Swedish authorities suspected that it was using a false flag and violating maritime law. “The regis…
Sweden has released the oil tanker it seized in the Baltic Sea in March, the country's transport authority reports. This follows the confirmation that the Sea Owl 1 was correctly registered.
The vessel is duly registered by its current flag state, Equatorial Guinea.
The Swedish authorities allowed the vessel Sea Owal I to continue to sail with a Russian citizen on the crew who had been held off the coast of the Kingdom since March for suspicion of using a false flag. The Swedish authorities have released the tanker Sea Owal I, the vessel can continue to travel, transmits the RIA News with reference to the Kingdom's Coast Guard. "The Sea OWl I Court, which has been anchored on the coast of Trelleborg since M…
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