Sanctioned LPG tanker LPG SEVAN intercepted by US naval forces
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Updated · windward.ai · Apr 30
Sanctioned LPG tanker LPG SEVAN intercepted by US naval forces
12 articles · Updated · windward.ai · Apr 30
The Panama-flagged vessel was stopped on 25 April in the central Arabian Sea, about 200 nautical miles south of Pakistan, a day after OFAC designated it among 19 shadow-fleet ships.
It was carrying about 200,600 barrels of LPG+/olefins for Dubai and made a sharp 180-degree turn consistent with a compelled reversal after interception.
The action signalled wider US enforcement beyond Hormuz as Gulf shipping stayed opaque: vessel presence reached 902 by 29 April, dark activity rose to 170 events, and Iranian crude flows to Asia weakened.
With Iran's oil storage at its limit, what happens when the world's largest shadow fleet has nowhere left to hide?
As an electronic war rages in the Gulf, is a major maritime disaster now simply a matter of time?