Typically a vessel that has no valid classification, i.e. it is not registered with any recognised ship registry and is used as a vehicle for fraud on cargo owners. In Nima Sarl v. Deves Insurance Co. Ltd (2002), the Court of Appeal disallowed the insured’s claim as the vessel, considered by the insurer to be a phantom, never intended to sail for the destination named in the policy. The risk did not attach.