One hour ago a British oil tanker named PACIFIC VOYAGER on its way from Singapore to Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia just stopped cold in the middle of the Persian Gulf. Supposedly an Iranian vessel was hanging around in that area around the same time it stopped.
It could be nothing but who knows?
This info comes from IntelDoge:
Interesting.. a British tanker in the Persian Gulf has come to a complete stop. Would expect it to start heading south but as of now it's completely stopped.
Boat is the PACIFIC VOYAGER, image of the ship and it's location compared to Iran seen below. pic.twitter.com/om8JBktCBj
— The Doge (@IntelDoge) July 6, 2019
Don't panic or anything, I'm going to monitor this until it makes another movement.
— The Doge (@IntelDoge) July 6, 2019
#UPDATE: Boat still stopped, it's status is officially stopped instead of underway using engine. It's at 0.5 knts as of now.
— The Doge (@IntelDoge) July 6, 2019
Here is the ship on marinetraffic
Boat still showing as "vessel not under command", at 0.6kn
— The Doge (@IntelDoge) July 6, 2019
This same ship was mentioned in an article written Friday morning:
Iranian commander warns British ship could be seized if oil tanker detained in Gibraltar is not released…
“At least one British-flagged tanker, a super-tanker called the Pacific Voyager, passed through the strait of Hormuz en route to the Saudi port of Ras Tanura on Friday. It is Japanese-owned, operated by a Singaporean company, and hired by a subsidiary of a South Korean firm.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/05/iranian-commander-warns-british-ship-could-seized-oil-tanker/
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