Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says

The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says a US sanctioned oil tanker is falsely using Cook Islands identifiers to evade ...
The Weekly Times

Putin oil smuggling ‘shadow fleet’ using Cook Islands office

Nestled next to a pizza shop in the far-flung Cook Islands is the modest headquarters of one of the fastest-growing shipping registries in the world. Without ever setting foot in the palm-fringed ...
Marine Link

Maritime Cook Islands Highlights “Positive Progress” to Tokyo MOU White List

The Cook Islands flag, operated by ship registry Maritime Cook Islands (MCI), has shown positive flag state performance, as reported in the latest report on Port State Control in the Asia Pacific ...
Al-Monitor

Pacific island office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'

The Cook Islands was one of the 'top countries whose flags are used by shadow tankers transporting Russian crude oil', according to a European Parliament briefing from 2024 — Marty Melville Dozens of ...
The New Zealand Herald

The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, and the infamous tanker Eagle S in December 2024 being shadowed by a Finnish Coast Guard vessel. Photo / ...
Radio France Internationale

Pacific island office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'

(AFP) – Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of ...