• DUOS (IMO 9293959) | Cameroon-flagged oil products tanker | UK-sanctioned under the name FOTUO | Built 2006 | Deadweight 40,150 mt
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2️⃣ DUOS (ex-FOTUO) 🇨🇲 - IMO 9293959
WANTED FOR: BENIN flag usurpation

Sailing from Murmansk, north of 🇬🇧, the Yantar is not the only lying SoB in the place. DUOS, former FOTUO, has been reported by Benin 🇧🇯 for illegally using its flag.

#Vikram outbound and #Ina inbound avoiding #WetRep reporting lines off #BritishIsles #Ireland

Wonder if inbound #Fotuo IMO 9293959 #IMO9293959 tried as well but failed 🤷‍♂️

#Shadowfleet #Russia

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Note that #Fotuo is listed with #Benin #False #Flag

Sources #Gisis & #Equasis

Management #Turkey
Class #Russia
Insurance unknown

No #ISM manager #InternationalSafetyManagement and no #SMC #SafetyManagementCertificate

Any coastal states ready to take action?

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Head of a Buddha (Fotuo), late Tang dynasty, about 618-700. Carved granite, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/8 in; Height with Base 7 1/2 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Estate of Charles K. Feldman (M.68.60.14).

Head of a Buddha (Fotuo), late Tang dynasty, about 800-906. Modeled and carved clay on metal armature, 9.53 x 7 x 7.62 cm; Height with base: 15.88 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Estate of Charles K. Feldman (M.68.60.15).

#VesselAlert
Name: #FOTUO
#MMSI: #636022012
Callsign: #5LGT6
Type: #Tanker
#Flag: #Liberia
Seen: 04-Feb-2025 02:20:20 CET
Status: #under_way_using_engine
Speed: 13.8 kts
Heading: 22 deg
Dest.: DK_SKA
Distance: 73.0 nm
Signal #RSSI: -20.7 dBFS
#Ship #AIS VesselAlert © #kx1t - link

#VesselAlert
Name: #FOTUO
#MMSI: #636022012
Callsign: #5LGT6
Type: #Tanker
#Flag: #Liberia
Seen: 04-Feb-2025 00:45:27 CET
Status: #under_way_using_engine
Speed: 14.2 kts
Heading: 42 deg
Dest.: DK_SKA
Distance: 65.3 nm
Signal #RSSI: -18.8 dBFS
#Ship #AIS VesselAlert © #kx1t - link

#VesselAlert
Name: #FOTUO
#MMSI: #636022012
Callsign: #5LGT6
Type: #Tanker
#Flag: #Liberia
Seen: 03-Feb-2025 23:23:02 CET
Status: #under_way_using_engine
Speed: 14.3 kts
Heading: 52 deg
Dest.: DK_SKA
Distance: 73.8 nm
Signal #RSSI: -16.5 dBFS
#Ship #AIS VesselAlert © #kx1t - link

#VesselAlert
Name: #FOTUO
#MMSI: #636022012
Callsign: #5LGT6
Type: #Tanker
#Flag: #Liberia
Seen: 03-Feb-2025 21:40:26 CET
Status: #under_way_using_engine
Speed: 14.3 kts
Heading: 23 deg
Dest.: DK_SKA
Distance: 84.1 nm
Signal #RSSI: -22.1 dBFS
#Ship #AIS VesselAlert © #kx1t - link

This is my attempt at translating a gatha traditionally recited before the Dharani of the Victorious Buddha-Crown is chanted in the Yuqie Yankou rite for feeding hungry ghosts. This gatha is an allusion to a story of the monk 佛陀波利 Fotuo poli = Buddha-pāla...

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