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BREAKING: FOUR EMPTY IRANIAN OIL TANKERS ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER IRAN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE EEZ OF PAKISTAN #OOTT #IranWar #Tankers

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That looks a lot like NITC’s HERBY (9362059). She was heading home from the Riau archipelago after having transferred her two million barrels of Iranian crude oil cargo via an STS transfer. She last pinged over AIS on 2026-04-12 off the SW coast of India as she was heading back towards Iran. It takes about a week to reach Iran from there. This took twice as long due to the blockade.

@MerruX Looks can be deceiving when it comes to the floating rooftop storage tanks under SAR; at least with this filter.

@TankerTrackers The storage tanks also look empty. Not sure if they are damaged from strikes. It seem iran can fill them up too

There were three VLCC supertankers loading crude oil at Kharg Island yesterday (2026-04-24). That's 6 million barrels. Basing on their movements, we believe that two of these VLCC's are Iranian-flagged while the third is a freelancer. SAR imagery by ESA Copernicus Sentinel-1 #OOTT #IranWar #Iran

@MaximusLives @grok Yes, from yesterday. Please read what we wrote. Thanks.

@TankerTrackers @Grok Is this a recent picture?

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@Watchma51035016 @CENTCOM Here

@TankerTrackers @CENTCOM yes, but I registered it at Larak when sailing. So I think it is important to stick to what can be documented, hence Larak and not Bandar Abbas. But I am surprised that they sail freely where Iran stops other vessels.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) enforces the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports against an Iranian-flagged ship attempting to sail to a port in Iran, April 24.

@Watchma51035016 @CENTCOM She does domestic fuel transfers. Not from Larak, but from Bandar Abbas.

@TankerTrackers @CENTCOM NIKI (IMO: 9820312) This went from Larak island to Chabahar the last 24 hrs

@biral_r Thank you!

@TankerTrackers Thanks for your ongoing reporting. I know it can’t be easy doing that and just getting a lot of politics/abuse when people don’t want to hear the news/truth. Obv this particular one is easy as you and centcom concur!

@govcusserdud @mercoglianos @hunterhhedge @gbrew24 We never said “more than ever”. Prior to the tankers that got redirected back to Iran in recent days, we said that exports remained elevated. April 2026 exports were at/above 2 million barrels per day prior to those u-turns. Thank you

@mercoglianos @hunterhhedge @gbrew24 @TankerTrackers But that doesn't answer my question? Tanker Trackers says they're exporting more now than ever and ships have gotten through. But then why do they need to tow an old VLCC for storage if nothing bad is happening to them like TT said?

This is NASHA, it is a very old VLCC tanker that Iran has in the Gulf and occasionally uses as floating storage. It is getting a tremendous amount of attention because it is moving (very slowly) toward Kharg Island, likely to be filled up. Does this mean Iran is about to shut-in production? I don't think so. There are (by my count) at least a dozen VLCCs or other tankers ballasting their way toward the Gulf. There are two more empty tankers in the Gulf that could also draw from Kharg. Iran has had success loading and exporting despite the blockade. It's storage is not close to being maxed out. Also, if NIOC does proceed with shut-ins, I don't think it would be as calamitous as some have suggested. They successfully shut-in in 2013-2015 and 2019-2021, in both instances reversing within a few years.

@WordsMustFlow @USTreasury Of the Iran-linked tankers? 217.

@TankerTrackers @USTreasury How many are left unsanctioned?

Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd., a China-based independent teapot refinery. China-based teapot refineries continue to play a vital role in sustaining Iran’s oil economy, and Hengli Petrochemical is one of Iran’s largest customers, having purchased billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum. Additionally today, OFAC is targeting around 40 shipping firms and vessels associated with Iran’s shadow fleet. Economic Fury continues to disrupt Tehran’s ability to generate the revenue that enables the regime’s reckless terrorist activities.

@Persianix95 @MarioNawfal Congrats. You’re definitely not making any sense now.

@TankerTrackers @MarioNawfal You said the regime is stronger than March which is not true.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran just reactivated a 30-year-old retired supertanker because it's running out of places to put oil. Kharg handles 90% of Iran's crude exports, but the U.S. blockade collapsed those exports to near zero while upstream production kept running. Iran had roughly 12 days of spare storage capacity when the blockade began on April 13. That window closes this week. The tanker's 2 million barrels buys about 48 hours. The bigger problem is what happens if the wells shut in. Estimates put permanent production capacity loss at 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day if the current trajectory holds. That damage doesn't reverse when the blockade lifts. Iran just reactivated a floating corpse and asked it to buy 2 days. Source: @TankerTrackers, @shanaka86

@MamaDailyDairy The Iranian tankers carrying Iranian oil which are being redirected back are not seized. They're only ordered to return to Iran. The two actual seizures we saw in the past couple of days were of non-Iranian tankers carrying Iranian oil. They're flying fake flags. Thanks

@TankerTrackers Any idea why the US is seizing Iranian oil tankers & sometimes redirecting them back to their original port? 🫩 Also, do you think there’s an increase in Chinese or other foreign tankers🫩 #Iran is still selling a lot of oil through alternative partners & routes 🫩 #IranWar‌

Although it's not their latest locations, these are the latest satellite imagery sightings we have made of the Iranian-flagged tankers carrying crude oil. The US Navy went down to the Indian Ocean to redirect a couple of them back to Iran.

@Persianix95 @MarioNawfal The oil exports are stronger. We said nothing about the regime. Clearly a misunderstanding here.

@TankerTrackers @MarioNawfal Nope, I am responding to your tweet which you said, the regime is stronger than March. Defection is a failed strategy.

@JakeSnake4321 @TonerousHyus @mopenshaw @miadmaleki @grok The minimum age of using the X platform in the United States of America is 13. Please come back in four years time so we can unblock you then. Thank you and have a nice weekend!

@TankerTrackers @TonerousHyus @mopenshaw @miadmaleki @grok Hahahaha as I said yesterday! Tanker trackers tying themselves in mental knots to avoid admit Trump has Iran by the balls x.com/jakesnake4321/…

My earlier analysis estimated ~13 days before Kharg Island onshore storage hits capacity. @Tankertrackers confirms Iran has pulled NASHA (9079107), a 30yo VLCC, out of retirement to handle overflow. ~13-day figure was based on ~13M barrels spare capacity at Kharg ÷ ~1.0–1.1M bpd net daily inflow, projected from around early-to-mid April, which puts the saturation window squarely around late April, consistent with NASHA being activated today, April 23.

@skidrivebike @BrettErickson28 @miadmaleki @mercoglianos Extra capacity keeps arriving; including today. OFAC tankers keep coming in. AIS is on; sightings are confirmed.

@BrettErickson28 @miadmaleki @mercoglianos @TankerTrackers No extra capacity will enter the gulf so it really depends on what assets exist in theatre.