Charlie B’s UANI updates use satellite and AIS to argue Iranian oil exports to China continue, with ship-to-ship transfer patterns and many vessels detected without matching AIS signals.
Business as usual with tankers loading
ghost fleet tankers continue to operate with impunity
UANI has tracked at least 27 Iranian oil loadings
UANI has recorded 81 Iranian oil laden tankers in the EOPL anchorage
only about 160 correlate to an AIS signal
Despite the ongoing conflict, it is business as usual for the Iranian oil trade to China, where ghost fleet tankers continue to operate with impunity across Southeast Asia's sea lanes.
Since the outbreak of the conflict, UANI has tracked at least 27 Iranian oil loadings, 16 of which originated from Kharg Island, Iran.
Since the start of the conflict, UANI has recorded 81 Iranian oil laden tankers in the EOPL anchorage, a ghost fleet hotspot approximately 70 km off Malaysia’s
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