Maritime Law
Swedish coast guard boards tanker off Trelleborg
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The Swedish Coast Guard, along with police, has boarded the tanker Sea Owl 1 off Trelleborg, suspected of sailing under a false flag and being on the EU sanctions list. The vessel is en route to a Russian port, and a preliminary investigation into breaches of the Sea Act has been initiated. This marks the second such operation within a week.
An unidentified foreign vessel was found using a foreign-made low-Earth orbit satellite communication device during a routine inspection at Ningbo port in China's Zhejiang province, according to a report. The device was identified as a Starlink terminal, and the ship continued transmitting data after entering Chinese territorial waters. This marks the first successful regulatory action against illegal use of such LEO satellite communications in Chinese waters.