{"id":129446,"date":"2026-05-25T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/129446\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:05:12","slug":"mass-tanker-blackout-rattles-gulf-ahead-of-1-35m-barrel-oil-transfer-amid-us-iran-talks-firm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/129446\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass tanker blackout rattles Gulf ahead of 1.35M-barrel oil transfer amid US-Iran talks: firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maritime tracking transmissions collapsed near the UAE\u2019s main oil hub, rattling Persian Gulf shipping hours before President Donald Trump<\/a> announced progress was made on a bilateral peace deal with Iran, according to an AI maritime firm.<\/p>\n

Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI first detected<\/a> the blackout in Automatic Identification System (AIS) transmissions near Fujairah, suggesting heightened electronic warfare, jamming, deliberate AIS shutdowns and intense cyber interference near the key UAE oil port.<\/p>\n

“Fujairah goes dark: AIS transmissions collapse after Iran\u2019s PGSA announcement,” Windward warned in a post shared on X.<\/p>\n

“Vessels are still in the area. They are loading less, and a meaningful number have gone dark,” the firm said.<\/p>\n

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A tanker sits at the Port of Fujairah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

(Reuters Photos)<\/p>\n

As Trump announced that an Iran deal was “largely negotiated” and would see a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Fujairah went on to move 1.35 million barrels of crude Sunday aboard a single tanker bound for South Korea.<\/p>\n

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“Today, May 24, the port moved 1.35 million barrels, a single VLCC, destined for South Korea,” Windward said before reporting a tense, ongoing “ceasefire posture” and blockade footprint quickly being set into place.<\/p>\n

“One cargo doesn’t mark a return to baseline, but it’s the first signal of flow resuming out of Fujairah since the announcement,” Windward said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the barrel transfer, Trump had stated that Washington and Tehran had “largely finalized” a memorandum of understanding for a peace agreement<\/a>.\u00a0He posted an AI-generated image depicting exploding IRGC fast boats in the strait.<\/p>\n

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Iran responded directly by continuing to declare the strategic maritime choke point stays under Tehran\u2019s absolute control.<\/p>\n

“We reaffirm that the Strait of Hormuz will remain under full Iranian administration and sovereignty, even in the event of reaching any future agreement,” Iran\u2019s official military<\/a> spokesperson, Ibrahim Al-Fiqar, said in a statement shared on X.<\/p>\n

“The Islamic Republic emphasizes that the authorities to determine transit routes, timing, and issuance of maritime licenses are an absolute sovereign right exclusively in the hands of Tehran.”<\/p>\n

The tanker blackout, crude transfer activity and movement toward a U.S.-Iran deal accelerated following the launch of Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority<\/a> on May 20.<\/p>\n

Overseen by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, the PGSA functions as a sovereign regulator by requiring ships to submit vessel, cargo, insurance and crew details \u2014 along with mandatory payments \u2014 for “safe passage” through the strait.<\/p>\n

Regional analysts told Fox News Digital that, ahead of deal progression, Iran\u2019s territorial claims had even been stretching beyond its own waters into areas tied to Oman and the UAE.<\/p>\n

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An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps speedboat sails in the Persian Gulf near the Bushehr nuclear power plant during a marine parade marking Persian Gulf National Day in Bushehr, Iran, on April 29, 2024.<\/p>\n

Alex Vatanka<\/a>, director of the Iran Program at the Middle East<\/a> Institute, told Fox News Digital that enforcement “relies on the IRGC Navy\u2019s asymmetric playbook.”<\/p>\n

“This includes fast boats, drones, radar tracking<\/a>, coastal missiles and selective intimidation rather than constant physical interdiction,” Vatanka said.<\/p>\n

“Tehran wants Gulf states and major importers<\/a> to gradually accept Iranian oversight of Hormuz as a new geopolitical reality,” he added.<\/p>\n

While nuclear issues are dominating the current negotiations amid reports of a 60-day ceasefire<\/a>, the PGSA has quickly emerged as an economic leverage tool threatening global oil and shipping markets.<\/p>\n

“Now Hormuz is Iran\u2019s main non-nuclear leverage tool<\/a>,” Vatanka said as the PGSA he claimed gives Tehran a “mechanism to pressure rivals, favor allies and normalize IRGC oversight of one of the world\u2019s most critical energy routes.”<\/p>\n

According to Vatanka, the system was functioning as a wartime extortion mechanism.<\/p>\n

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“Ships submit cargo and crew data for approval, while reports point to quiet \u2018facilitation payments,\u2019 preferential treatment for friendly states and uncertainty for everyone else,” Vatanka warned.<\/p>\n

“Iran keeps the penalties deliberately vague. Noncompliant ships risk delays, harassment, drone surveillance<\/a>, IRGC interception or denial of safe passage \u2014 enough pressure to encourage compliance without outright closing the strait.”<\/p>\n

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