Sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran’s oil and shipping network on July 30 are the most extensive since 2018 and focus on the shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, widely known in trading circles as “Hector”. The Office of Foreign Asset Control package added 62 vessels to the sanctions list for shipping Iranian oil,...

A US-sanctioned tanker transmitting its flag as the fraudulent Curaçao registry is now spoofing its location in Indonesia’s territorial waters. The tanker sailed into the area on July 16, indicating the navigational status as “at anchor” and then began location (GNSS) manipulation to obfuscate its true location. It then went dark on July 22, and...