LPG carriers go up in flames during suspected dark fleet transshipment operation gone wrong

"Two LPG carriers conducting a cargo transshipment operation off the coast of Bangladesh went up in flames on Sunday. The fires were eventually extinguished by Bangladesh’s navy and coast guard, and although a major disaster has been narrowly averted, the incident has raised yet again the lack of safety standards on board ships that have been accused of transporting sanctioned oil and gas. […] The Captain Nikolas, like other ships under Aspero’s management, has been linked to transporting sanctioned Iranian LPG by United Against Nuclear Iran, a Washington lobby group that tracks US-sanctioned oil shipments from Iran. "