Greece’s Evalend Shipping is threatening to seize Libyan assets abroad in protest over one of its tankers being detained there since late August, and is urging its peers to avoid doing business in the country.

As TradeWinds reported, Libyan coastguards forcibly boarded the 20,000-dwt Levante (built 2008) on 27 August as it was ballasting about 25 miles off the country’s coast, awaiting orders.