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Maritime Cook Islands questions removal from sanctions database

Monday 26 May 2025 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local, National

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Maritime Cook Islands questions removal from sanctions database
MCI has come under fire after a Cook Islands-flagged tanker Eagle S was accused of damaging an undersea cable in the Gulf of Finland. Last month, the Cook Islands Ministry of Transport (MoT) and MCI defended and clarified that the vessel MT Eagle S is not, and has never been, under sanctions. Photo/AFP/24122907

The Cook Islands shipping registry is confused and concerned about its unexplained removal from an information-sharing database aimed at preventing sanctions-skirting tankers from hopping between flags.

The Cook Islands shipping registry is confused and concerned about its unexplained removal from an information-sharing database aimed at preventing sanctions-skirting tankers from hopping between flags.


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