Radiating World Services, one of the more recognisable names linked to the so-called dark fleet, has exited VesselsValue’s fleet database. A vessel most closely associated with the outfit has meanwhile changed hands twice in short order. The ship in question is the 2006-built LR2 tanker Eastern Pearl (115,300 dwt), now renamed Pacific Runner, which was last registered under Chatori Navigation. The tanker has since been sold again, this time to Brook Maritime. The vessel’s recent trading history is marked by frequent changes in ownership and flag. Since December 2025, it has sailed under the Cameroon flag, following earlier registrations with Mozambique and the Comoros in mid-2025 — both later found to be false. Prior to that, the tanker operated under the flags of Tanzania, Honduras and the Cook Islands, with its flag-hopping history stretching back to mid-2023. The rapid turnover in ownership and flags, combined with the use of offshore entities, reflects patterns commonly associated with vessels operating at the margins of the sanctioned oil trade. Chatori Navigation’s most recent vessel and last registered vessel, the Range Vale — another sanctioned ship — departed Primorsk a few days ago and is now anchored at Ust-Luga Anchorage, according to MarineTraffic. The 2005-built aframax is currently sailing under the Zimbabwe flag, which Equasis lists as false. Shipping data shows a similarly fluid flag history, including false registrations under Zimbabwe and Comoros, alongside periods under Tanzania, Honduras and the Cook Islands. United Arab Emirates-based Radiating World Shipping bought its first ship in November 2022 and quickly became one of the early names most associated with shipping Russian oil under the radar. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsUAE