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Sweden Intensifies Crackdown on Stateless Vessels with Second Detention
Authorities suspect the Sea Owl I is stateless and sanctioned, raising safety concerns; this is the second tanker boarded near Trelleborg in a week, officials said.
- On March 12, the Swedish Coast Guard and Swedish Police boarded and took control of a suspected stateless vessel off Trelleborg, marking the second such incident this week.
- Authorities say the vessel appears on EU sanctions lists, the Coast Guard suspects Sea Owl I sails under a false flag, and officials assessed high safety risks aboard.
- Coast Guard personnel are conducting searches and interviews on board Sea Owl I, a 228-meter tanker built in 2007, sailing empty from Santos, Brazil, to Primorsk and now banned by the Swedish Transport Agency.
- Prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into seaworthiness, work is underway at sea, and Swedish authorities may join as scrutiny extends to the Caffa captain's suspected false documents.
- Officials said the action defends the law of the sea and the rules-based order, with Carl-Oskar Bohlin linking the ship to the Russian 'shadow fleet' and Daniel Stenling warning 'The threats to maritime safety and the environment are too high.
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The Russian Embassy is following developments regarding the two boarded ships outside Trelleborg.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Sweden Boards Second Suspected Russian Shadow Fleet Vessel
Swedish officials boarded a second vessel suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in a sign the Nordic state is stepping up efforts against ships it sees as a security and environmental threat.
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