Category: Legal & Accountability
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The Master’s Role in OFAC Compliance
By Capt. Raghu Sharma An Analytical Look at How Sanctions Quietly Enter the Bridge To seafarers in general, OFAC does not exist. No rating will ever come into contact with it, and few senior officers expect to deal with it on any direct basis. Sanctions exposure reaches the vessel through…
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When Shipping Turns Grey: Life and Law Inside the Shadow Fleet
When a ship “goes grey,” it doesn’t disappear.It slips into a world where names change and paperwork turns to smoke. Yet the people aboard still wake to the same seas, navigating under rules that no longer protect them. Shadow-fleet tactics are a market response to sanctions, the ships are a…
The Deep Draft 