Ships calling in Turkey should brace for surprise bunker inspections as authorities step up a nationwide effort to crack down on tax-evading fuel sales.
Such campaigns are not unusual in the region.
Six years ago, officials in neighbouring, cash-strapped Greece arrested several masters and chief engineers for allegedly breaching the country's customs codes, after discrepancies were found between the volume of bunkers declared on customs forms and what the ships were actually carrying in their tanks.
