03 October 2024 Windward
The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against individuals and entities related to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah on September 25. OFAC also sanctioned nine vessels:
Eternal Peace, (IMO: 9259745)
Eternal Success, (IMO: 9307633)
Eternal 8, (IMO: 9232448)
Feng Tai, (IMO: 9248473)
Serene 1, (IMO: 9197832)
Tiyara, (IMO: 9231224)
Queen Reem, (IMO: 9141259, formerly known as “Nova”)
Confidence P, (IMO: 9178044)
Rival, (IMO: 9117818)
All vessels are tankers (67% crude oil, 22% oil product tankers, and 11% chemical tankers), most of which are considered very large crude carriers (VLCCs). Additionally, 89% of the vessels are sailing under the flag of Panama and 11% under Iran’s flag.
Windward’s Maritime AI™ platform shows that six out of the nine were already flagged by Windward as high risk for sanctions evasions in 2023.
The vessels have shown the following behavioral patterns and risk indicators:
The vessels conducted a total of 13 location (GNSS) manipulations over the past two years. Almost half of the manipulations occurred in the Arabian Gulf.
ID & location manipulations executed by the nine newly sanctioned vessels, January 2022-September 2024.
All of the transmitting vessels (six out of the nine) engaged in a total of 38 dark activities around the world in the past two years. Most dark activities happened around Singapore and Malaysia, both mentioned in public media sources as a possible Iranian oil smuggling region.
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