The Vietnamese-owned product tanker Saver 3 (built 1995) clocked up a long and chequered history over three decades before its detention in Belgium last year.
It was the sixth time the 20,000-dwt ship had been held on the back of more than 110 deficiencies identified by inspectors over 20 years.
In each of the last four years, tracking data suggests the Saver 3 has called in Iran and is on a “ghost armada” list of more than 300 ships compiled by campaign group United Against Nuclear Iran that have hauled oil in breach of US sanctions.
