Vanuatu International Registry has issued a Circular # 107, dated 31st March advising the industry about a fraudulent marine insurance company by name of RO Marine. As per the circular Vanuatu administration has stated
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RO Marine has been falsely presenting itself as a Norwegian P&I Club and issuing fraudulent insurance certificates to various vessels, including one recently registered under Vanuatu that slipped administrative supervision. Investigations have shown that RO Marine lacks the necessary authorization from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway to sell or broker insurance. The company is currently under investigation for document forgery and operating without the required license.
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Upon visiting the website of RO marine, there are no address of the RO marine and documents uploaded in document sections are blank xl sheets. Further it has no details if any flag has approved them as P & I Club.