US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

[demmiblue]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

In a social media post, the Pentagon said U.S. forces “conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction” and boarded the M/T Tifani “without incident.”

It’s the latest move in the U.S. war on Iran to stop any ship tied to Tehran or those suspected of carrying supplies that could help its government, from weapons and oil to metals and electronics. The announcement comes hours ahead of the expiration of an already tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, and as Pakistan attempts to broker talks between Washington and Tehran.

Ship-tracking data showed the Tifani was carrying oil in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday between Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The Pentagon described the Tifani as “stateless” despite it being a Botswana-flagged vessel. The announcement did not say precisely where or what time Tuesday the ship was boarded.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-tifani-sanctioned-ship-bd0190ae22d133d85f331cb300b179bf

[Ray Bruns]

1. Out and out piracy.

Let’s see how many countries we can piss off before Memorial Day.

[EX500rider]

7. What country would we piss off detaining a illegal ghost ship?

The kind with no safety inspections that runs with it's transponders off so it is a danger to other vessels at night and during low visibility?

[Ray Bruns]

8. And who said it was a ghost ship? The pathological liar in the white house or the one in the Defense Department?

And go troll somewhere else.

[EX500rider]

10. The fact that it flew a flag of a country that does not register commercial ships

And just cuz Trump is full of crap doesn't mean everything the US Navy says is.

Hard to see how that makes me a troll but whatever floats your boat, lol

And arguing with personal attacks instead of facts is always a sign of losing an argument on the internet.

[Ray Bruns]

13. Anything out of this Department of War led by Pete Hegseth should be suspect.

[bluestarone]

2. Nobody is gonna stop this crazy fucker!

[Doodley]

3. Time Democrats released another video saying it is illegal to follow illegal orders.

[IbogaProject]

4. Botswana is a landlocked country

How can a ship be flagged by that nation?

I looked it up many European countries have access to the sea via rivers like the Rhine or the Danube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_recognising_the_Right_to_a_Flag_of_States_having_no_Sea-coast

[EX500rider]

6. Google says:

A cargo ship would not legitimately be flagged in Botswana, as it is a landlocked country with no maritime ship registry. Ships flying the Botswana flag are using fraudulent, fake registration (ghost ships) as part of a "dark fleet" to evade international sanctions, hide illegal cargo, and avoid inspection

[Ray Bruns]

9. Irrelevant. A ship can be flagged from any country. I noticed you left that part out.

[EX500rider]

11. No they cannot be registered from "any country"

Some countries do not register commercial ships because they do not have any coastline and Botswana is one of those

[Ray Bruns]

12. Wrong.

Go troll somewhere else.

[EX500rider]

14. One of us here has held a commercial captain's license and I'm guessing it's not you

A vessel cannot be registered in any country, as the chosen country must have a functioning vessel registry system.