So much misinformation is flying around right now, likely from both sides!
Iranians saying ships are moving, US saying they are not.
I’ve got a subscription to MarineTraffic and it has some tools to help determine who is telling the truth.
Here’s what’s interesting to me. Iran has a long history of having the tankers turn off AIS tracking.
I tried looking for all 6 ships centcom claims to have turned around or stopped.
I’ve only been able to uncover 3 of them.
1) Ostria - attempted to cross the strait outbound, turned back and anchored.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid
15888/vessel:OSTRIA]
2) Elpis - crossed the strait outbound, but stopped and anchored on the other side, near where Centcom says the blockade begins.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6295238/vessel:ELPIS
3) Rich Starry - turned around outbound prior to leaving the strait, then turned around once on the other side again, again and anchored on the east side.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3722428/vessel:RICH%20STARRY
Any other trackers find the other ships yet?
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