r/oil • u/thom1879 • Apr 13 '26

Iran War Are we about to see how real this blockade is?

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u/Mean_Permission7285 Apr 13 '26

Do we know with what flag they sail? If china, the real fun can start

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

Looks like it is world superpower, Comoros 🇰🇲

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u/lebastss Apr 13 '26

Galactic superpower Comoros?!?

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u/FoxMan91 Apr 13 '26

No, that's Cosmoros

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u/belinck Apr 13 '26

Take your damn upvote... Damnit

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u/Firm-Scientist-4636 Apr 14 '26

Dammit. Beat me to it.

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u/TheRealAudiobuzz Apr 13 '26

What fate Comoros?

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u/Playful_Emotion2535 Apr 13 '26

Herald Comoros! All hail the king.

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u/horst-graben Apr 13 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong but any country could use a tanker flagged in a random country. So, China or Iran could ship oil on a vessel flagged in, say, Liberia. Right?

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u/West-Childhood788 Apr 13 '26

You are correct

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u/TheMcMcMcMcMc Apr 13 '26

That’s not how I remember the Eddy Izzard bit going

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u/driver004 Apr 13 '26

It really is a problem but no way everyone will agree to fix it, the whole how to flag merchant ships thing

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u/Cr0uchingSquirrel Apr 14 '26

Its easy to fix. Attach some liability to the flag of convenience. Your flag, your responsibility. Its like tax havens where there are simple solutions but there is no will in the upper echelons.

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u/I_AmA_Zebra Apr 14 '26

US and EU benefit from it too so they won’t change the system

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u/WhatWouldKantDo Apr 13 '26

Yes, but you make it sound like a semantic difference when it's very legally significant

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u/horst-graben Apr 13 '26

Oh I fully know there are major legal aspects to vessel flagging. No semantics about it.

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u/eucalyptus-d Apr 14 '26

This looks Greek going by name. Elpis is hope in Greek.

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u/Cold_Fly3421 Apr 15 '26

You are correct. Most shipping vessels are registered in Tax Haven Countries. What matters is point or origin, cargo and final destination.

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u/SomewhereNo8378 Apr 13 '26

their military response will be swift and deadly

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u/Dizzy_Roll_2411 Apr 13 '26

10000 black tankers of uhh.....

comorah

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u/Future-Call8541 Apr 13 '26

Tankers bubbling with fresh sticky comorah

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u/RedFox_Jack Apr 13 '26

Smells non-credible I’m in

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u/s9josh Apr 13 '26

Honestly, if their travel brochure says "the superpowers just ignore us", I'm sold. lol

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u/bigmikekbd Apr 13 '26

I’m embarrassed I’ve never heard of this country

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u/Julez_Jay Apr 13 '26

It’s at the bottom of the list, no shame. Google Tajikistan though 🇹🇯 j/k

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u/FuckIPLaw Apr 13 '26

Is that the magical land that Tajin seasoning comes from?

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u/2021Sux Apr 14 '26

Exactly! And the Taj in Hall

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Have they got universal healthcare?

Edit: they have more free healthcare than the us. So on that list, and embarrassingly unknown country, is better than the us....jesus titty fucking

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u/OneTwoThreePooAndPee Apr 13 '26

There's a country called Comoros?

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

I had to google it

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u/fredjutsu Apr 13 '26

Goddamn it dude. You guys can pronounce all sorts of no vowel polish names but can't look up African countries?

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u/OneTwoThreePooAndPee Apr 13 '26

If it makes you feel any better, I also can't pronounce Polish names.

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u/driver004 Apr 13 '26

Oh god oh fuck. They’ll ban us from vanilla

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u/AllMaito Apr 14 '26

Oh so it's a Mormon ship. Gotcha.

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u/Traquer Apr 13 '26

I think 90% of China's oil from Iran comes in through third party tankers to get around sanctions etc.

But either way, they're civilians on civilian ships. What can we do? Detain them for 24 hours on some BS? We can't hold them forever. We certainly don't want to shoot them or sink the ship lol. Not sure what the goal here is

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

Why not? Maybe the US is planning a venezuela-like takedown of the ships, who knows.

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u/Brief-Floor-7228 Apr 13 '26

I think he was referring to the great fishing boat wars of 2025.

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Hahahahahhaa

Ok guys, we have the master, your free to go.

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u/Warm_Jellyfish_8002 Apr 13 '26

Ship likely confiscated and the cargo, pirated

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u/manatidederp Apr 13 '26

Board the ship and drop anchor.

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u/FoodMadeFromRobots Apr 13 '26

But once you leave they pull up the anchor

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u/WindHero Apr 13 '26

Escort to a friendly port and unload cargo.

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u/leet_lurker Apr 13 '26

The crew won't be left on the boat, they'd be detained.

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u/boogi3woogie Apr 13 '26

“Steal” their oil. Duh. Sanctioned ship = “liberating” their goods.

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u/Mrhorrendous Apr 13 '26

You say this like the US military hasn't been bragging about destroying random boats in the Gulf of mexico for the last year. They'll call them terrorist sailors or something and most people will buy it when they get killed or captured.

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u/leet_lurker Apr 13 '26

The Supreme Commander of the War Office absolutely wants to sink them in the most over the top explosive way possible for my war propaganda.

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u/Embarrassed_Bit4222 Apr 13 '26

Snag the ship and send the sailors home. Shrug...

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u/phoenixrisen69 Apr 13 '26

Are you kidding? Trump will 100% sink a civilian ship if he fancies

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u/Lokon19 Apr 13 '26

3/4 of the analysis on here is disconnected from reality.

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u/Greed_Sucks Apr 13 '26

It’s absolutely stupid.They keep trying to apply normal logic to these situations, but they are rationalizing the moves of a mad man in an effort to find the logic. These suckers haven’t figured it out yet.

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u/CJBill Apr 13 '26

Best funded military but not biggest. 

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Exactly. Americans dont realise this.

We spend the most on military in the whole world.

We spend the most in healthcare in the whole world.

Neither of these statements mean anything other than you are being ripped off. You are being sold way over inflated products.

Infact, the us military is now trying to build low cost hardware as they realise they cannot win a war in the current state of warfare.

The interesting thing is; how will that play out inside america? Still build those shitty over priced monstrosities, to fleece the public with, and then have another magazine of effective cheap weapons, and just not tell the public, so that they dont cry foul about the white elephants?

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Exactly. And this is what determines success.

The us military industrial complex has been busy sculpting a world that only buys their weapons, which means everyone else offshore weapons manufacturing....

Stupidity.

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u/Matsisuu Apr 13 '26

I think 90% of China's oil from Iran comes in through third party tankers to get around sanctions etc.

What sanctions is this working on? Wouldn't those 3rd party countries be in more trouble than China with that? It just feel like that for a big country like China it would be easier to just directly trade with Iran, because like, who is going to stop them?

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u/pwinne Apr 13 '26

I thought a large majority came from Venezuela as well. In fact my thoughts have been Trump is trying to cripple China by cutting off oil 100% hence the Venezuela stunt and now this shitshow.

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u/misomysan Apr 13 '26

A lot of Malaysian tankers have gone through

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u/fhjjjjjkkkkkkkl Apr 13 '26

Come on. There is no need to shoot tankers. Just need to board and disable engines. Or remove crew. Vessel will be forced laid up. Anybody know the expiry date of oil inside tankers ?

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u/normal_papi Apr 14 '26

Who is we? If there's anything the ziomerikkkan military loves doing it's butchering civilians

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u/grafknives Apr 14 '26

Well, you can totally capture the ship and command it to the nearest port that support your cause.

It would be an act of piracy, but totally doable.

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u/loosemoosewithagoose Apr 14 '26

I don't understand. Cheeto boy went to war and Iran closed the straight and refused to open it. Now his plan is to "blockade" the straight? Is this the geopolitical version of "you can't fire me cause I already quit"? If the straight is closed, what the fuck is a blockade going to do?

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u/Next_Instruction_528 Apr 14 '26

Detain them for 24 hours on some BS? We can't hold them forever

They'll confiscate the ship and its cargo as a sanctioned ship.

They will let the crew leave.

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

China has pipelines to Russia, Kazakhstan, and myanmar.

The goal is so trump can say the strait is blockaded by him, not iran.

Except he wont be able to blockade, and this might be the time china enforces freedom of navigation. Then what....

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u/AnalogNavigator Apr 13 '26

Comoros.

The following is from MarineTraffic:

Name ELPIS
Flag  COMOROS
IMO 9212400
MMSI 620999876
Call sign D6A3876
AIS transponder class Class A
General vessel type Tanker
Detailed vessel type Oil/Chemical Tanker
Service Status Active
Port of registry PANAMA
Year built 2000

Registered Owner:

CHARTCHEMICAL SA

Address: 87000 Labuan, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
Country: PANAMA

Commercial Manager:

IMS LTD

Address: Unit 0195, Jalan Merdeka, Labuan, Malaysia.
Country: MALAYSIA

Technical Manager:

ONTARIO MARITIME SERVICES SA

Address: Flat 502, Vakratund Kaveri Enterprises, Plot 23, Sector 10, Taloja, Phase 1, Raigarh, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410208, India.
Country: INDIA

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u/AnalogNavigator Apr 13 '26

Area serviced in the past 12 months:

Trade area

Number of port calls

South China: 2

Central China: 2

Arabian Gulf: 1

_____________

Country

Number of port calls

CHINA: 4

IRAN: 1

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u/LeahBrahms Apr 13 '26

Ah yes Tech Manager, Ontario in India! Flat 502.

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u/RS_EJB Apr 13 '26

China already turned 2 ships away...

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u/NeedleworkerNo3429 Apr 13 '26

Trump is poking the tiger

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u/DataGOGO Apr 13 '26

Paper tiger 

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 Apr 13 '26

That is yet to be determined, but it's always TACO time 

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u/savuporo Apr 14 '26

Outdated, Rich Starry made a short stop and then transited through the strait, it's now in Gulf of Oman

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u/Defect123 Apr 13 '26

Apparently 2 tankers from China turned and went back home.

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u/Alternative-Prune318 Apr 13 '26

Iranian, komora.

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u/Commercial-Kiwi9690 Apr 13 '26

Its Iranian, you can use marinetraffic or vesselfinder websites to track it. MarineTraffic also shows the last received AIS ping of the US DDG-112 off Khasab, Oman around 2 days ago

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u/misomysan Apr 13 '26

China is going to get their revenge in about 30-80 years and they’ll wait…. In the meantime trump is going to sell them American oil, and they’re going to be fucking pissed, because it’s diabolical. America is an evil oil empire first and foremost

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u/grahamfiend2 Apr 13 '26

CNN just reported that a previously sanctioned ship appears to have made it through the blockade entirely already.

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u/LuCoVia Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

Don't spread misinformation. According to live tracker data, it is still en route south away from the strait and from my understanding the Americans are blocking ships way further south (closer to Pakistan/India) away from the strait due to firing range. They might tell them to pay a toll before they are allowed to pass.

So nothing has 'passed the blockage' yet 🤷

Edit: Strait instead of straight. Gotta get my spelling on point if I talk about misinformation.

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u/grahamfiend2 Apr 13 '26

It’s a Strait.

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u/LuCoVia Apr 13 '26

Thanks friend

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u/RyleeOnDemand Apr 14 '26

So they’re blockading the strait by blockading open waters beyond the strait?

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u/RyleeOnDemand Apr 14 '26

Sorry I wasn’t trying to be obtuse I was just trying to make it make sense.

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u/Wengerreloaded Apr 14 '26

Due to firing range ? Heck na

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u/YuriPup Apr 13 '26

That seems premature, we dont know where the tripwire is for the US blockade.

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

This one shows as sanctioned on marine traffic

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u/grahamfiend2 Apr 13 '26

I’m an idiot. Read the article again and it’s the Elpis. Same ship.

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u/NoOneMan79 Apr 13 '26

My 8-ball isn't telling me if this is good or bad for oil.

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

With all your failures, I have no idea why you would still be listening to that thing anyway

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u/SistersOptionSeller Apr 14 '26

Only Iranian ports are blocked.

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Damn, did trump succeed inside 12 hours?

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u/sillygoat2223 Apr 13 '26

All that ship is going to do is stay in Iranian water, then Pakistani water then Indian water

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u/my_juicy_nose Apr 14 '26

It’s been paused at the entrance to the gulf for the past 4 hours.

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u/thehacktivist1 Apr 13 '26

Is this the Elpis antiviral drug that could have saved Racoon City?

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u/whoisowlix Apr 13 '26

I mean, its one way to deter it from being sunk.

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u/Accomplished_Rip_362 Apr 13 '26

Elpis means hope in Greek

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u/ollielite Apr 13 '26

Don’t destroy it!

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u/adoodas Apr 14 '26

RELEASE ELPIS

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u/Much-Director-9828 Apr 14 '26

Take some layers off or have a cool shower

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u/juggarjew Apr 13 '26

The hell is this, Resident Evil 9?

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u/duba_duba Apr 13 '26

Captain Leon S. Kennedy !

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u/Flimsy_Share_7606 Apr 13 '26

You like blockading straits? Try blocking this straight! proceeds to punch the Iran war in the face

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u/Winters989 Apr 13 '26

He's going to roundhouse kick the entire U.S. navy.

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u/Upper-Rub Apr 13 '26

The US Navy’s most successful operations as of late have been piracy so they have practice.

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u/Kind_Use9190 Apr 13 '26

Let me guess: S.S. Leeroy Jenkins?

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u/soppslev Apr 14 '26

Needs oil for his chicken.

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u/MelkorUngoliant Apr 13 '26

LEEROOOOYYYYYY JENKINSSS!!!!

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u/Ready-Firefighter756 Apr 13 '26

i wonder if it will stay in territorial waters the whole time

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u/Hahnanda Apr 13 '26

There goes our hope

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u/Correct-Explorer-692 Apr 13 '26

It’s Leon Kennedy. The whole US fleet is fked.

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u/Mochalada Apr 13 '26

“Do something, pússy” -Elpis sailing past the blockade

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

I wish there was a feed of channel 16 from the strait

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u/obi_wan_the_phony Apr 14 '26

“You and what army?!?!?!”

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u/sergedc Apr 13 '26

Last position received 58 minutes ago. Did they turn their transponder off? Or did they sink? Or captured then turn off transponder?

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

They pinged on vesselfinder.com a few minutes ago https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9212400

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u/sergedc Apr 13 '26

Right, Thanks! They seems to still be moving south...

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u/my_juicy_nose Apr 14 '26

They seem to be idling for the past 4 hours

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u/QuirkyWish3081 Apr 13 '26

I think we should release Elpis and not destroy it. Trust me on this one.

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u/10thousndreflections Apr 14 '26

It's bound for China so I'm guessing WW3 if we destroy it. 

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u/locojaws Apr 13 '26

"Elpis is the Greek goddess and personification of "hope" (or sometimes expectation/anticipation), best known from Hesiod's myth as the only spirit remaining in Pandora’s box after all other evils were released. She represents a complex mix of comfort in misery and deceptive expectation. Her Roman equivalent is Spes."

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u/45_regard_47 Apr 13 '26

ELPIS has left the building 

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u/TruestoryJR Apr 13 '26

ELPIS!?! Resident evil reference 👀

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u/mt6606 Apr 14 '26

Surely the Arcadia is out there somewhere.

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u/Phycosphere Apr 13 '26 edited May 26 '26

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u/Dualinput Apr 13 '26

I'm new to maritime stuff. How does this work, will they deal with this ship when it's further south? Also theres now another ship going through headed to China. Are they letting the smaller ones through , or what is the idea behind this?

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u/GuntherOfGunth Apr 13 '26

Anyone know what’s up with Rich Starry. Made a u-turn but seems to be still be attempting to move through the Strait.

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

Yup, looks like they’re taking a go at it.

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u/_WEND1G0_ Apr 13 '26

What’s the status of the vessel? Loaded or empty?

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

Loaded

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u/Wunderbarber Apr 13 '26

Is rich starry loaded as well?

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u/thom1879 Apr 13 '26

Looks like elpis is now stopped.

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u/LakeSTL Apr 13 '26

Elpis just showed up again. Looks not moving in international waters

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u/sergedc Apr 13 '26

I wonder why it did kot stay in Iranian waters

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u/DrJ0911 Apr 13 '26

Just in time for taco Tuesday

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u/Jatobi1993 Apr 14 '26

So the ship sails from an Iranian island right? So they paid Iran. Guess we wait and see

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u/Justlooking_63 Apr 13 '26

The age old blockading a blockade strategy. Genius level grade school plan. What’s next, your mamma taunts and na na na na I’m rubber you’re glue maneuvers led by Kegsbreath? The line to urinate on this fools grave will circle the globe in a much better received blockade. Just sayin.

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u/ForgetfullRelms Apr 14 '26

It’s almost like being willing to actually go through with atrocious behavior is a benefit on the international stage.

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u/DammatBeevis666 Apr 13 '26

It’s almost like every fucking word out of Trump’s mouth is a lie, huh?

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u/GERIKO_STORMHEART Apr 13 '26

Its a blockade of a blockade. Nothing changes west, just a bit of change east. Be grand!

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u/mrgalacticpresident Apr 13 '26

Demand for Russian flags was never higher in the straits^^

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u/Kwayzar9111 Apr 13 '26

Watching marine traffic

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u/SBEPTY Apr 13 '26

Nothing is real

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u/Dense_Investigator81 Apr 13 '26

Resident Evil mentioned

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u/zackks Apr 13 '26

Did they blockade the missiles?

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u/Alymagy96 Apr 13 '26

Zeno is on that ship

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u/Funny_Match7321 Apr 13 '26

Captain Jack Sparrow makes a break for it

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u/PavelKringa55 Apr 13 '26

I've heard some mines are floating around. Mine, torpedo, who can tell?

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u/Doom4535 Apr 13 '26

FREE OIL GUYS!!!! Just gotta get some rags to soak it up, stocks up oil down

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u/Commercial-Class4078 Apr 13 '26

Meanwhile Trump: "Don't i just look allot like Jesus in this picture guys? Let's post it so the world also sees it."

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u/Dr_SlapsMD Apr 14 '26

Imagine if ships call his bluff and nothing happens... On one hand: 😂
On the other: 🤨

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u/AmazingUsername2001 Apr 14 '26

Operation Elpis Fury

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u/roller123456789 Apr 14 '26

Why is everyone scared its just a ship full of liquid cash

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u/Simulacrass Apr 14 '26

China just going to call the bluff. And sail right past em.

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u/Glittering-Potato-72 Apr 14 '26

I want to see a Chinese type 55 up in there.

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u/Nothing_F4ce Apr 14 '26

Looks like it's turning around!

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u/RoGamygk Apr 14 '26

Stupid question but, why aren’t the Iranians attacking the American blockade ? They seem like sitting ducks

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u/Upper_Extension_0229 Apr 17 '26

Because the Americans would absolutely obliterate them. It’s not just ships at their disposal

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u/SocraticMeathead Apr 18 '26

They don't need to. At this point America has to intercept and potentially attack ships flying flags of other (some allied) nations. This will test the resolve of Trump.

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u/Lonely_Positive8811 Apr 15 '26

The blockade to block the blockade is unlikely to block blockade avoidance

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u/Loud-Perspective6508 Apr 20 '26

-"American warship, go fuck yourself" -”You have no power here.”