According to Windward data, approximately 970 ships per day have experienced GPS jamming in the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz over the past four days. Ships’ Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals are increasingly appearing in implausible locations — such as Iranian ports, the Omani desert, and around Dubai — due to widespread GPS jamming...

On Tuesday (June 17), the Liberia-flagged Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Front Eagle, carrying nearly 2 million tonnes of crude oil destined for China, collided with the Antigua & Barbuda-flagged suezmax tanker Adalynn approximately 25 nautical miles northeast of Khor Fakkan, UAE. Earlier today, while transiting from Iraq through the Arabian Gulf and the Strait...