Sweden Lifts Sailing Ban on Tanker Sea Owl 1

Sweden’s Transport Agency has lifted the ban on the tanker Sea Owl 1, on 12 October allowing it to resume sailing after confirming its registration in Equatorial Guinea. The vessel had been anchored off Trelleborg since 12 March, when the Swedish Coast Guard and police boarded it over suspected seaworthiness deficiencies and the use of a false Comoros flag. A subsequent claim that the vessel had reflagged to Cameroon was also found to be false. The Swedish Coast Guard said the tanker remains on the EU sanctions list but is not suspected of violating sanctions.