Taipei’s move reflects concern Beijing could use vessels that evade international oversight against it
Taiwan has drawn up a blacklist of 52 Chinese-owned ships that use flags of convenience, which it will track and proactively inspect in an effort to regulate part of a rapidly growing “shadow fleet” that is causing global security concerns. The move comes amid explosive growth in the number of ageing vessels that evade oversight and hide their identity with deceptive signalling.
On Thursday, the coastguard boarded and inspected the Bao Shun, a 20-year-old Mongolia-flagged freighter owned by a Hong Kong-registered company, in what was the first use of the new regulatory approach. The ship had been idling close to Taiwan for two months and is one of those identified as a medium threat. A person close to the Maritime and Port Bureau said that in the past the port regulator would only carry out spot checks of vessels coming into port.
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