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Spud

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Iranian oil tanker
« on: July 12, 2019, 05:43:21 PM »
What was it doing off Gibraltar? Had it gone the long way round?
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Harrowby Hall

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Re: Iranian oil tanker
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2019, 08:14:49 AM »
It was unable to go through the Suez Canal. It may be that Iran knew that it would be intercepted at the Suez Canal so chose to go the long way round the Cape of Good Hope.
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Re: Iranian oil tanker
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2019, 07:38:58 PM »
That's what I thought must have happened, just that I couldn't find it anywhere online. It seems a bit strange that we are left in the dark about this.
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