Since August 2022, Lloyd’s List has been tracking the Sea Opera (IMO: 9000883; Flag Cameroon), a Liquified Petroleum Gas Carrier built in 1991, loading Iranian products. The Sea Opera is not sanctioned, its owners/operators/managers are not sanctioned, but has been risk rated red in Seasearcher for AIS gaps, probable dark port calls, and concerns with its cargoes.
The documentation below is related to a transaction from April 17, 2023, after Lloyd’s List reported that the Sea Opera was engaged in Iranian loadings. This documentation appears to be related to a transaction for the loading of Omani origin propane in Sohar, Oman, delivered to Sharjah, UAE.
Per AIS data, Sea Opera did not call in Oman during this timeframe. Rather, according to Lloyd’s List, these AIS messages were manipulated.
As the Sea Opera continues to engage in illicit trade, it is on Lloyd’s List Intelligence Shadow LPG Fleet, and per Vortexa, the Sea Opera has had at least 36 events related to the movement of illicit Iranian product since September 2023.
