Anonymous ID: 21b367 May 23, 2020, 6:19 p.m. No.9292797   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2879 >>3293 >>3426

Boatfag Report

 

As predicted, the Iranian tanker Fortune has appeared in international waters about 50 nm north of the northern Venezuelan coast. She has passed Trinidad and Tobago, on a west-southwesterly heading at 15 kts. Her port of call remains unknown but she is likely to enter the internationally recognized 12-mile limit for Venezuelan territorial waters within the next 12 hours. Estimated port of call is most likely Puerto La Cruz. Venezuela has several ports where tankers can offload/onload including the Jose terminal at Caracas, but judging from the current tanker traffic the working tanker terminals are Puerto La Cruz and Puerto Cabello.

 

Puerto La Cruz is closer, and if I was the Iranian skipper I would want to get inside Venezuelan waters as quickly as possible. Going all the way to Puerto Cabello takes Fortune back into international waters.

 

A check for the remaining for inbound tankers does not have them within coastal AIS range yet, so no joy on sighting them.

Anonymous ID: 21b367 May 23, 2020, 6:43 p.m. No.9293027   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3052 >>3293 >>3426

>>9292879

 

Roger that, Planefag. The Dutch frigate Karel Doorman is currently about 50 nm north of Curacao. She's way the hell out of position to do an intercept, so I think the Dutch are gonna sit this one out and let Uncle Sugar handle it.

 

(Is that a fuckin' frigate, or a friggin' fuckit?)

 

As for the US Navy, I'm sure they're in the area, but I ain't seen shit.

Anonymous ID: 21b367 May 23, 2020, 7:19 p.m. No.9293382   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>9293060

 

Fortune, Forest, Petunia, Faxon and Clavel - and I'll be they will be arriving in that order.

 

Fortune is already about 30 nm off the Venezuelan coast, she's practically there. Prolly anchor out overnight and slide on in in the morning.