WASHINGTON, CMC – 5 oil tankers owned by a Syrian conglomerate that was discovered to be utilizing Guyana’s flag fraudulently have been sanctioned by the US Authorities.
The vessels weren’t registered in Guyana and, subsequently, mustn’t have carried Guyana’s flag as their nation of registration.
In an announcement, the Ministry of Public Works mentioned that Guyana, by the Maritime Administration Division, operates a closed registry. Due to this fact, the registration of vessels below the flag of Guyana is proscribed to ships owned by Guyanese nationals, residents, residents of CARICOM (Caribbean Group) states, and company our bodies established below the legal guidelines of Guyana. It mentioned not one of the house owners of the vessels sanctioned by the US falls into any of the listed classes.
It was additionally famous that since 2021, incidents of false Guyana registration have been discovered, and the perpetrators of the fraud have focused a number of nations, together with Guyana, Panama, and different regional states.
The Maritime Administration Division mentioned it’s going to proceed to share info on the false registrations with all United Nations member states and related regional and worldwide maritime associations.
Along with sanctions being imposed by the US, the UK and different Western states have additionally imposed sanctions on the fraudulently registered vessels.
