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REPORT: Tracking the Unseen – Our Master List of UKMTO Incidents As many of us know, the UKMTO does an outstanding job of keeping the maritime community informed with real-time updates. However, their official reports omit vessel names, and shippers often choose not to report incidents publicly. Furthermore, unverified incidents are frequently dropped from official records. To bridge this information gap, we have created a comprehensive master list of all reported incidents to date. Over the past few weeks, our team has mapped every UKMTO-reported incident to the specific vessels we believe were targeted. This data has been painstakingly gathered and collated from various media sources, open-source platforms, and our own internal intelligence reports. While we have made every effort to ensure the highest level of accuracy, some errors or ambiguities may still exist. If you notice any discrepancies or have additional insights, please drop a comment below so we can verify and update the list. We hope you find this resource helpful! Grab a hi-res PDF at live-ais.com/gulf-watch.php Team @Osint613

It would appear the intentional sinking of the SSUS did not go as per plan and some commentators believe this is how she may have landed on the sea floor. Ouch! Good GReef!

IRGC - says good morning from the Hormuz.

Reuters exclusive reveals the real motive behind the military operation that led to Maduro’s capture The investigation revealed that a week before the January 3 military operation, Vice President JD Vance discussed the future sale of Venezuelan crude oil with a trader at the firm Vitol and a major donor to his campaign, paving the way for Vitol and Trafigura to receive, without a bidding process, the oil marketing monopoly that has already generated hundreds of millions of dollars for them. Flight records place JD Vance’s official plane and John Addison’s (a Vitol trader) private jet together on December 27 in Bozeman, Montana, heading to the exclusive Yellowstone Club. According to a source familiar with the meeting, Vance asked how quickly they could sell Venezuelan crude oil if the US took control of the supply. Although Addison traded gasoline in the US and lacked technical experience in international crude oil contracts, he had donated $300,000 to Vance in 2022 and $7 million to Trump committees in 2024 (the same year Vitol paid $50 million in California to settle a price manipulation case in which Addison was implicated). Recommended by Vance, Addison received a call from Energy Secretary Chris Wright on January 5 (two days after the operation). The White House bypassed a public bidding process, and by January 9, Vitol and Trafigura already had the licenses. With more than 200 million barrels exported so far in 2026, experts estimate that the traders are earning between $3 and $3.50 per barrel (a margin of 3.5% to 4%, higher than Vitol’s usual 1%–3%). Both firms are keeping their contracts with PDVSA secret, and Vitol confirmed that it also has a business relationship with NABEP, Alejandro Betancourt’s oil company. This report adds to the leak of the KPMG report published yesterday by The New York Times, according to which Vitol and Trafigura accounted for 61% of the $12.26 billion deposited into Venezuela’s escrow account before Washington transferred nearly all of those funds back to the Central Bank of Venezuela. In other words: A week before the military attack, the Trump administration was already coordinating at a private ski club how to divide up the marketing of Venezuelan oil among its major campaign donors without a public bidding process. reuters.com/business/energy/…

Being 8 months into the Iran conflict, everyone by now has heard the term STS - as way for how crude in the middle east has been moved around. If not, pls crawl back under the rock! Now, since people ask if its risky and/or a complicated process or even legal - here's a video explainer on the process it entails. The legalities depend on the waters you're in and of course the source of crude - should it be sanctioned by a jurisdiction. STS can be of two kinds, one while the two ships are anchored, and when on on the move in high seas, where one can't anchor. Is it risky you ask? Hell yeah, especially LNG - which is heck more complicated and number of things can go wrong it not set up right. youtube.com/watch?v=JwtJKHYK…

Updated Pg3 to include newly identified vessels. Updated to 11 Nov.

CONFIRMED: The AFRAMAX - TARIF was also struck on the 7th night, joins the club of vessels for having been hit a second time now! #IranWar #Hormuz @OOTT

RECAP: UKMTO report #200 totally got buried in the massive burning of the NAVIG8 MACALLISTER which initially got around news/media sites as the MESSI. Well now that report #199 is fully resolved and updated with @Reuters - we've moved on to 200. #201 (SEA 1) and the not-reported by UKMTO, the Fujairah Energy is now resolved. We picked up on intel/leads on the vessel for 200 - we'll drop in an update soon. #IranWar #Hormuz #MaritimeSec

EXCLUSIVE: The prodigal son returns! Pictured this morning off Dubai anchorage, the ADNOC VLCC being towed, damaged but not out. She'd been struck second week of October. #UAE #Dubai #Hormuz

BS Alert: Vessel struck in July, much earlier in the year, being peddled as 'yet another new hit. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/live_ais_com/status/20…

UPDATE: This is a recycled video footage of the NAVIG8 MACALLISTER from few days ago and NOT a new strike from today. @iribnews_irib