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Gibraltar rejects US pressure, says Iranian oil tanker free to go
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...s-request-hold-iranian-oil-tanker/2044962001/
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Gibratar rejects US request, releases Iranian tanker
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Gibraltar rejects US pressure, says Iranian oil tanker free to go
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...s-request-hold-iranian-oil-tanker/2044962001/
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As I said earlier, they're going down. Trump delivered the biggest blow to US power and international reputation
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U.S. and Israel conduct joint Tanker-ship hijacking exercise
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5572831,00.html
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Greece closes out ship after US warnings
Greece has refused to help the Iranian tanker recently detained in Gibraltar on suspicion of shipping oil to Syria.
Deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told broadcaster ANT1 his country was "not willing to facilitate the course of this ship to Syria".
The move comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened sanctions on any country that helps the tanker.
Adrian Darya-1 left Gibraltar on Sunday and listed the Greek port Kalamata as its destination.
Authorities in the British territory detained the tanker in July. It was previously known as Grace 1.
Despite a last minute US request, Gibraltar lifted its detention order on Friday and the tanker departed east into the Mediterranean.
Tehran has previously said it was willing to send naval forces to escort the Adrian Darya-1. It is currently north of the Algerian port of Oran.
What did Greece say?
According to local media, Mr Varvitsiotis confirmed the US had put pressure on Greece to deny any help to the tanker. Iran has not been in touch with the Greek government, he said.
In any case, the Adrian Darya-1 - which is carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil - is too large for any Greek port to accommodate, Mr Varvitsiotis said.
Asked how Greece would respond if the tanker dropped anchor in its waters, he replied: "In that case we will see what will happen."
Where is the ship heading?
Adrian Darya-1 still lists Kalamata as its destination.
Samir Madani, one of the founders of the maritime traffic site TankerTrackers.com, told the BBC he believed the ship was trying to return to Iran through the Suez Canal.
"They will have to offload around a million barrels to another vessel, most likely with an Iranian flag as well, in order to do so because she is too heavily laden in the water," he said. "To go to Syria she's also too heavily laden to deliver to [the port of] Baniyas without assistance."
The tanker took a circuitous route to the Mediterranean, travelling around the entirety of Africa instead of through the far shorter and quicker Suez Canal.
"They don't have to ship all the way around Africa in order to reach Syria," Mr Madani says. Their analysts believe the ship was heading to Syrian waters as a safe haven, from where they could offload oil to smaller ships for delivery across the Mediterranean. "It could be buyers in southern Europe, for instance," he said.
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Greece closes out ship after US warnings
Greece has refused to help the Iranian tanker recently detained in Gibraltar on suspicion of shipping oil to Syria.
Deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told broadcaster ANT1 his country was "not willing to facilitate the course of this ship to Syria".
The move comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened sanctions on any country that helps the tanker.
Adrian Darya-1 left Gibraltar on Sunday and listed the Greek port Kalamata as its destination.
Authorities in the British territory detained the tanker in July. It was previously known as Grace 1.
Despite a last minute US request, Gibraltar lifted its detention order on Friday and the tanker departed east into the Mediterranean.
Tehran has previously said it was willing to send naval forces to escort the Adrian Darya-1. It is currently north of the Algerian port of Oran.
What did Greece say?
According to local media, Mr Varvitsiotis confirmed the US had put pressure on Greece to deny any help to the tanker. Iran has not been in touch with the Greek government, he said.
In any case, the Adrian Darya-1 - which is carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil - is too large for any Greek port to accommodate, Mr Varvitsiotis said.
Asked how Greece would respond if the tanker dropped anchor in its waters, he replied: "In that case we will see what will happen."
Where is the ship heading?
Adrian Darya-1 still lists Kalamata as its destination.
Samir Madani, one of the founders of the maritime traffic site TankerTrackers.com, told the BBC he believed the ship was trying to return to Iran through the Suez Canal.
"They will have to offload around a million barrels to another vessel, most likely with an Iranian flag as well, in order to do so because she is too heavily laden in the water," he said. "To go to Syria she's also too heavily laden to deliver to [the port of] Baniyas without assistance."
The tanker took a circuitous route to the Mediterranean, travelling around the entirety of Africa instead of through the far shorter and quicker Suez Canal.
"They don't have to ship all the way around Africa in order to reach Syria," Mr Madani says. Their analysts believe the ship was heading to Syrian waters as a safe haven, from where they could offload oil to smaller ships for delivery across the Mediterranean. "It could be buyers in southern Europe, for instance," he said.
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source : bbc
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As if tartus can host this ship.
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So you are saying that the Adrian Darya , that traveled more than 13,000 miles round Africa and is now parked less than 100 km from Syria. Is , as Iran promised , not trying to shift it's cargo to Syria ?
Her ending it's long voyage 100 km from Syria , is a coincidence ?
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let see , as far as i'm aware the ship is maneuvering left and right in Mediterranean sea
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Nop , it was last seen less than 100 km from Syria Tartus , than went dark about 15 hours ago.
see here :
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai...d:416354/mmsi:422263900/vessel:ADRIAN DARYA 1
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not the first time it went dark
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