Transportation

First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet

  • The Nolan, a Suezmax, is being broken up at Alang in India
  • Demolition firms are eager for business despite the risks
Ships waiting to be dismantled in a shipyard in Alang in Gujarat, India.Photographer: Jeremy Horner/LightRocket/Getty Images
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An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment for the so-called dark fleet in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.