UN agency picks 17 fraudulently registered “Botswana ships” :: Mmegi Online

A Botswana-flagged cargo ship was reported as having left the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday afternoon en route from Iran, in what global maritime officials suspect is just one of 17 ships floating around global oceans with fake Botswana registrations, Mmegi has learnt.

AFP, a leading news agency, using data from maritime monitor, MarineTraffic, reported that the ship, known as Hai Long 1, is Chinese-owned but flies under the Botswana flag. The ship was coming from Iran and was almost done transiting the contentious strait by Wednesday.

The Botswana flag or Botswana registration has been falsely flying from the sterns of at least 17 ships since the beginning of the year, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The IMO is a United Nations specialised agency responsible for the safety and security of global shipping. Botswana joined the organisation in October 2021.

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UN agency picks 17 fraudulently registered “Botswana ships”

A Botswana-flagged cargo ship was reported as having left the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday afternoon en route from Iran, in what global maritime officials suspect is just one of 17 ships floating around global oceans with fake Botswana registrations, Mmegi has learnt.

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