France – owner of seized tanker admits no evidence of flag status and pays fine to secure release

Further to our earlier post, the owner of the “shadow fleet” vessel the MV Deyna, agreed in a Marseilles Court on Wednesday to pay an undisclosed fine for the release of the vessel.

The owner admitted that it had no evidence to support the vessel’s alleged Mozambique flag status.

Upon payment the vessel was released and is now reported to have left French waters.

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