{"id":52900,"date":"2025-10-09T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/?p=52900"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:32:06","slug":"china-tightens-controls-on-shadow-fleet-tankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/da\/china-tightens-controls-on-shadow-fleet-tankers\/","title":{"rendered":"China tightens controls on shadow fleet tankers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"52900\" class=\"elementor elementor-52900\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58879b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58879b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4045524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4045524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-52877\" alt=\"China tightens controls on shadow fleet tankers-EMF-Maritimefinance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W41_article_4_cropped-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d685fe elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d685fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New restrictions in Shandong aim to limit sanctioned oil trades and raise environmental standards<\/span><\/span><\/h4><div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 1 November, terminal operators in eastern China\u2019s Huangdao Port will enforce stricter controls on aging and high-risk vessels, including those linked to sanctioned oil shipments. The policy bans tankers over 31 years old, ships using fake IMO numbers, and vessels with expired safety or pollution certificates. Analysts view the move as a precautionary response to growing US sanctions pressure and environmental concerns, though the overall impact on trade is expected to be limited given Huangdao\u2019s smaller role in handling sanctioned cargoes. The measures mark a broader trend toward tighter scrutiny of shadow fleet operations across Chinese ports.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef65d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef65d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Source: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New restrictions in Shandong aim to limit sanctioned oil trades and raise environmental standards From 1 November, terminal operators in eastern China\u2019s Huangdao Port will enforce stricter controls on aging and high-risk vessels, including those linked to sanctioned oil shipments. 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