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Ocean Monitoring & Maritime Risk Analysis. Tracking: 📍 Breaking Maritime Events 📍 Vessel Casualties & SAR Ops 📍 Strategic Waterway Security

6 Saudi-flagged tankers detected routing via the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Houthi blockade. One Taiwan-to-Yanbu voyage nearly doubling, from ~24 to ~56 days. Details here: https://okt.to/Lk4ryT

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🚨 Italian navy boarded the sanctioned tanker TOA PAYOH (IMO 9298492) west of Pantelleria on Aug 2 under Operation IRINI — the 2nd EU flag verification boarding in 12 days. 18 Russia shadow fleet tankers boarded by European forces since Dec 2024, 15 this year.

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🚨A partial collapse of Cuba's national electric grid has left western provinces, from Matanzas to Pinar del Río, in the dark. The outage was triggered by failing transmission lines, adding to the country's ongoing struggle with aging power infrastructure. #Cuba #PowerOutage #Blackout

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🚨ECOLOGICAL DISASTER RISK: Satellite images show an expanding oil leak from the grounded, sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi off the coast of Oman. Carrying ~800K barrels of Russian crude, rough monsoon winds now threaten to break the hull near a sensitive marine reserve. #Oman #OilSpill

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🚨UKMTO WARNING 102-26 ATTACK Reported attack 21NM northeast of Khasab, Oman. Master of a tanker reports a large splash and explosion in close proximity to the vessel. No damage reported at this time. Authorities investigating. Vessels advised to transit with caution and report suspicious activity.

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