Middle East Oil Tankers Go Dark: Rising Strains on Global Trade
Crude oil tankers are increasingly navigating Middle Eastern waters in stealth “dark mode” with transponders switched off, extending their cloaked journeys from hours to over a week as regional maritime security threats deteriorate, according to ship-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg. The tactic, once limited to brief transits through the Strait of Hormuz, has now spread … Read more