The mystery of a dark fleet tanker masquerading as a VLCC scrapped three years ago may have been solved.

AIS data shows that a ship purporting to be the 336,300-dwt EM Longevity (built 2000) has reappeared in China with a crude cargo. However, the EM Longevity was demolished in Bangladesh in 2021.

Zombie VLCC ‘reappears’ in China three years after being scrapped
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TradeWinds understands the ship is actually the 306,300-dwt Stellar Oracle (built 2001).