"It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress." YUP. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🚨🚨🚨🇧🇼 Botswana flags misuse by shadow fleet vessels Recent reports indicate that Botswana has alerted the IMO over the use of its flag by vessels linked to shadow fleet operations, including Iranian-linked tankers. At least 17 vessels are believed to have operated under the Botswanan flag.

#China complaining about New Zealand #NZ #NewZealand #P-8 #Poseidon flight above #YellowSea #EastChinaSea www.bairdmaritime.com/security/nav... @maritimekiwi.bsky.social @covertshores.bsky.social @alxluck.bsky.social

Sanctioned tanker UNIVERSAL is currently transiting the Atlantic toward Cuba, carrying Russian crude. Operational data confirms a coordinated naval escort: 🔹 Baltic/Channel: Escorted by corvette Soobrazitelny. 🔹 Atlantic: Handover to frigate Admiral Grigorovich. #OSINT #MaritimeSecurity #Shipping

I recently spoke to Duncan McRae of the Saltwater Strategist podcast navalinstitute.com.au/category/podcast/. It was great to talk about the work @starboardintelligence.com is doing to bring operational advantage to the maritime domain - across military, law enforcement, and industry

NEW: Oil, supplies and spare parts for Russia's armed forces are believed to have been taken through the Channel on sanctioned Russian tankers, escorted by a Kremlin warship Its at least the sixth such shipments through the Channel in the past twelve months. inews.co.uk/news/secret-...

New article: Russia’s massive Black Sea problem is worse than it looks www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

A Russian frigate sandwiched between two sanctioned tankers in the English Channel. Some tankers changed course after the UK threatened to board shadow fleet vessels — Russia’s response is to send a warship. www.europesays.com/russia/4922/

From @france24.com on ARCTIC METAGAZ #IMO9243148: A month after the explosion and a failed tow, no country can deal with a damaged LNG carrier drifting in the Med alone. www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

#Russia #Yamal #LNG switch from #EU #Europe to #Asia #Arctic #Maritime #Shipping @toshibafella.bsky.social maritime-executive.com/article/repo...

New Zealand to join 34 countries in meeting on Strait of Hormuz

Change bunker fuel prices, and you do not merely influence fishing vessels' profitability—you alter dynamics and behaviour. www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2026/3/...

Forty-two Chinese research vessels. Five years. Three oceans. Reuters traced the operation using Starboard Maritime Intelligence's ship-tracking platform. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Great to continue our work with @irishtimes.com and @conorgallagher.bsky.social highlighting the grey zone and hybrid warfare threats facing Ireland and Europe. Starboard data enabled the accurate tracking of the vessels activities, including port calls.

Six sanctioned Russian tankers diverted from the English Channel hours after the UK authorised vessel seizure powers. @richardholmes.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/putins-...

NEW: Strait of Hormuz remains open if you aren’t a bitch www.duffelblog.com/strait-of-ho...

"A deliberate pattern of operating in sensitive areas, outside the view of traditional tracking systems." @maritimekiwi.bsky.social's analysis of China's deep-sea mining fleet with @mongabay.com & @cnn.com — 8 vessels, 5 years, more military activity than mining. www.starboardintelligence.com

I used my knowledge developed tracking Russian mercs and shadow fleets abusing the Cook Island flag to hunt the most ponderous and easy game of all: Legitimate oil tankers. Looks like it's business as usual for New Zealand ... for now. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

“In tracing this effort, Reuters… analyzed more than five years of movement by 42 research vessels active in the Pacific, Indian or Arctic oceans using a ship-tracking platform built by New Zealand company @starboardintelligence.com”

From @lloydslistdaily.bsky.social A Chinese-owned feeder containership has become the first vessel with confirmed mainland Chinese ownership to pay Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. www.lloydslist.com/LL1156689/Ch...

"Tehran is prepared to allow Japanese-related ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which 93% of Japan’s imported crude oil flows..." www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03...

ABC NEWS Verify obtained tracking data via @starboardintelligence.com — a ship-tracking company. Cargo tanker Ocean Guardian, together with another vessel owned by the same company, completed at least 30 shipments from Iran in 2025, according to analyst @maritimekiwi.bsky.social.

Clearly Iran isn't blind to these pipelines and the associated port infrastructure. maritime-executive.com/article/atta...

Two pipelines working overtime: www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/.... The Saudi ports in the Red Sea are currently loading 3 times as many tankers as they were last year, according to @starboardintelligence.com analysis. It doesn’t make up for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but it helps.

@starboardintelligence.com shows the first of two Indian-flagged LPG tankers have transited the Strait. app.starboard.nz/link/v65xbua...

HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) Halifax-class frigate leaving Auckland, New Zealand - March 14, 2026 SRC: FB- Ship Spotters New Zealand

Just now: GRIF diverting in the channel, crossing the traffic seperation and appears to approach the UK border.

Bulk Carrier BROAD RICH made it through the straits broadcasting “CHINA OWNER/CREW”, as seen on @starboardintelligence.com. app.starboard.nz/link/967xfvo...

This might explain why @starboardintelligence.com is seeing at least one shadow fleet tanker suddenly slow down en route to the Baltic: app.starboard.nz/link/mfqqufb...

I think I smell toast.

Traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz - AIS vessels of all types, so will have missed a range of vessels operating dark for a range of reasons. From @starboardintelligence.com 01-08 Feb 26: 1,082 01-08 March: 187 The impact of this hasn’t been truly felt, but isn’t going to be fun.

Done by #SE #Sweden bsky.app/profile/thel...

Detained - and now fined - #Shadowfleet #tanker #Ethera 9387279 with 45 findings after inspection. maritime-executive.com/article/belg...

New video - hot take on Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz burning, presumed sunk/destroyed, in Mediterranean today www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgL...

The ZHONGDA 79 left her berth on 12 Jan 25 for 16 days. The vessel only travelled ~50nm to an anchorage so (purely speculation) could be a test of equipment that couldn’t be safely energised in port, rather than a full test of capabilities. Vessel is also sitting pretty high in the water 🤔

GPS jamming is yet another threat to shipping in the Gulf. “The development, picked up from maritime monitoring data and sharp “jumps” in the routes depicted on electronic maps, was shared with The Insider by analysts from the Starboard Maritime Intelligence.”

Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel) Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort

BREAKING: FEBRUARY 2026 CRUDE OIL EXPORTS BY IRAN EXCEEDED TWO MILLION BARRES PER DAY ACCORDING TO TANKERTRACKERS.COM

Thank you @shipwreck75.bsky.social and @vcdgf555.bsky.social for all your coverage of the conflict in the Gulf. It’s reassuring to have trustworthy sources to watch. Please keep up the good work, but please look after yourselves as well.

French helicopters assisted Belgian Special Forces to board the MT Ethera. MT Ethera is flying a false flag, which is in violation of international maritime law. As such Belgium has the right to board as per international law. MT Ethera has been brought in to the port of Zeebrugge

It was the tiny and ancient (1993) Tapper-class patrol boat HMS RAPP that identified and electronically neutralized the Russian drone threat against French carrier CHARLES DE GAULLE a few days ago. This indicates Swedish navy have come quite far in equipping their units for a modern drone threats.

A Russian drone was intercepted by Swedish armed forces as it approached French carrier Charles De Gaulle, currently docked in south Sweden. Took of from a Russian ship but disappeared after electronic warfare actions were taken. Caveat, media understanding, but seemingly confirmed by MOD =).

Lazy repost from LinkedIn, but TLDR: shadow fleet tanker BERTHA, recently boarded by the US in the Indian Ocean, IS NOT Cook Islands flagged - despite wide reporting by media. @starboardintelligence.com shows Curaco FALSE flag - which is to say, no flag at all. www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-d...

🔱The MARSEC COE has now published the conference proceedings from last year's conference, and on pp. 177-193 you can find my paper, titled "Combatting the Shadow Fleet: Countering Maritime Sabotage, Surveillance and Disruption". 🔐 Lots of good papers, open access: www.marseccoe.org/wp-content/u...

⚓️ “Two employees of the 🇷🇺 Russian company Moran Security Group, Aleksandr T. and Maksim D., were aboard the oil tanker #BORACAY, seized by the 🇫🇷French navy in September. They, employed to ensure the protection of the ship and gather information, are linked to the #Wagner mercenary group.”

The timeline regarding NORA is absolute bonkers. January 26th, Greenpeace calls Danish Maritime Authority, alerting them to the fact, that a false flagged vessel had anchored in territorial waters for 3 days. DMA seemed clueless. Also January 26th, NORA is detained according to DMA.

Denmark detains container ship from Iran’s “shadow fleet” that previously called at port in St. Petersburg The vessel was hit with U.S. sanctions in 2025 over its links to Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

SUSPICIOUS SHIP IN DENMARK: Danish authorities are currently holding an Iranian vessel sailing under a false flag. My latest story: nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2026-0... — and thanks to @pa.nton.cx for the help.

For those in the #MDA game - the Maritime Security Centre of Excellence is calling for papers for their upcoming conference: www.linkedin.com/posts/marsec...