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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It’s deep reddish-brown with glossy, slightly charred edges from grilling over open flame. A bit like a cross between jerky, and BBQ pork ribs. In my AI-fueled fever dreams, I wonder if perhaps one of the famous Singaporea bakkwa brands should sponsor a NASCAR team?

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I ask again: Why not? Why is Singaporean "Bak Kwa" not popular in America? Bakkwa is a very yummy delicacy in various parts of Southeast Asia. Flat slices of pork, usually rectangular or slightly irregular, about the size of a postcard.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Just another day in the Singapore Strait. ShipSpotting paradise 😎 BZ StraitsSights (on X) 📷 - WarshipCam (on X) sgshipspotting (on X) mercoglianos (on X) BDHerzinger (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

x.com/supbrow/status/20352281087780… What does the newly announced US OFAC General License, for Iranian oil cargo on the water, mean for these ships and their cargo? mercoglianos (on X) JemimaShelley (on X) MarcusHand1 (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

That is a novel track for any USN ship arriving at the Singapore Strait. A message intended to be seen? ESB ships have been involved in previous seizures of sanctioned ships that made a run from the Venezuela Quarantine. See the latest UANI (on X) Iran War Shipping Update for details.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

🇺🇸 Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) Arriving in Singapore Strait Noteworthy that she sailed on the western side of the Malaysian Eastern Out of Port Limits (EOPL) ⚓anchorage area, where around ~30 Dark Fleet tankers, and at least 13 🇮🇷-flagged tankers, all laden with 🇮🇷 🛢️ wait.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

new development. x.com/supbrow/status/20351840915792… TankerTrackers (on X) mercoglianos (on X) JemimaShelley (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Read the latest UANI (on X) Iran War Shipping Update—March 20, 2026 (written prior to this OFAC announcemt) To see info on the current disposition of 🇮🇷 Iranian-flagged tankers and supporting Dark Fleet tankers, especially those on the UANI (on X) #GhostArmada list, directly effected by this

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

⚠️US OFAC GENERAL LICENSE Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Iranian-Origin Loaded on Vessels as of March 20, 2026 All the communities of shipping, tanker owners & operators, oil traders and compliance teams, are all trying to understand the implications.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

x.com/supbrow/status/20339673848649… mercoglianos (on X) cdrsalamander (on X) johnkonrad (on X) brentdsadler (on X) Lazarus_Navy (on X) maloryshel (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Finally! The 2024 INSURV report has been published. Note it is dated 1 MAR 2025, the date it was due per Title 10 US Code §8674. But only published OVER one year and two weeks later. Just think how hard the fleet has been worked since the data from this report was collected.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🤔 TankerTrackers (on X) cdrsalamander (on X) mercoglianos (on X) lawofsea (on X) tldraanan (on X) MarcusHand1 (on X) johnkonrad (on X) MikeSchuler (on X) malte_humpert (on X) JemimaShelley (on X) Lloydslisted (on X) brentdsadler (on X) raylockman (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Additionally, the 🇮🇷-flagged merchant fleet, which could be considered legitimate targets in certain conditions, according to the Laws of Armed Conflict and Naval Warfare, continues to sail here normally. Are Coastal States concerned about this?

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Check the UANI (on X) #GhostArmada list of Dark Fleet tankers that routinely support this illicit trade.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dark fleet tankers, even falsely-flagged, stateless vessels, sail with impunity in the sea lanes here, in spite of the IMOHQ (on X) Assembly Resolution 1192 (2023), calling for action and cooperation on the risks of the Dark Fleet.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

And 🇨🇳will send 💰 IRGC. ➡️It's business as usual for 🇮🇷 in the sea lanes of Southeast Asia.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

HILDA 1 is laden with 🇮🇷🛢️and heading for the Eastern Out of Port Limits (EOPL) anchorage off Johor, Malaysia. Once anchored here, she will conduct a Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer of US-sanctioned🛢️to another Dark Fleet tanker. That Dark Fleet tanker will then carry the 🇮🇷🛢️➡️🇨🇳.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

(Thx StarboardIntel) (on X) HILDA 1 is sanctioned by US OFAC and was previously documented by the 🇺🇳UNSC Sanctions Committee and Panel of Experts, which means she could be considered UN-sanctioned under UNSCR 1737 and related resolutions, since the "snapback" mechanism on 28 SEP.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Then HILDA 1 started broadcasting on AIS on 14 MAR, at the top of the Malacca Strait, shortly after passing the Six Degree Channel between Between Aceh, Sumatra (Indonesia) and Great Nicobar Island (India).

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

At some point after that, she departed Bandar Abbas, snuck out the Strait of Hormuz in the dark, and then appeared on AIS on 7-8 MAR, in the Indian EEZ near the Laccadive Sea.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

16 MAR 2026 🇮🇷 -flagged Tanker HILDA 1 (9357389) sailing past Singapore Strait today. She was last spotted by #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 Anchored near Bandar Abbas, on 26 FEB. And then by TankerTrackers (on X) again on 1 MAR.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

t.co/LOVD4zL0kQ Perhaps adding immediacy to "Malaysia's Iran Dilemma" See ST article by Joseph Chinyong Liow t.co/xQpb61nl3u cdrsalamander (on X) mercoglianos (on X) raylockman (on X) CollinSLKoh (on X) tom_bike (on X) ChongJaIan (on X) TangAnZhu (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

military objectives. See the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare by JamesKraska (on X), et al, from the NavalWarCollege (on X).

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

x.com/supbrow/status/20332373454081… If she loads any cargo in Kuantan, it might be subject to scrutiny by the US, for under the Laws of Armed Conflict and Naval Warfare, merchant ships of a belligerent state conducting "war-sustaining" efforts, can be liable to be attacked as

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

(thx StarboardIntel) (on X) Kuantan Port's bulk cargo terminal is a key import and export terminal of various bulk cargos, including iron ore and others.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

She reported a draft that indicates she was laden when departing Iran. She passed the Sri Lanka on 6 MAR, and had a short logistics rendezvous with a 🇱🇰support vessel from shore. She passed the Singapore Strait on 13 MAR and arrived in Kuantan on 14 MAR.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

15 MAR 2026 🇮🇷-flagged bulk cargo ship DELNAVAZ (9387803) in Kuantan, Malaysia. She was spotted pier-side by #Sentinel2 🛰️📷today DELNAVAZ departed Bandar Khomeyni on 19 FEB, then Bandar Abbas on 25 FEB and a very brief stop in Jask on 26 FEB.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

thx StarboardIntel (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Follow UANI (on X) for more info on 🇮🇷-flagged merchant shipping and Dark Fleet tankers, in the #GhostArmada mercoglianos (on X) cdrsalamander (on X) brentdsadler (on X) raylockman (on X) CollinSLKoh (on X) Lloydslisted (on X) tldraanan (on X) MarcusHand1 (on X) typefastt (on X) JemimaShelley

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

it may be liable to be attacked as a military objective" See the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare (2nd edition, 2025) by JamesKraska (on X) t.co/LOVD4zL0kQ The stakes for the Coastal States along the sea lanes of Southeast Asia are much higher than I think are appreciated.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

x.com/supbrow/status/20332234693962… According to the Laws of Armed Conflict and Naval Warfare, if this 🇮🇷 merchant vessel is participating in "War-sustaining effort...

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

She passed the Singapore Strait on 11 MAR, where the #Sentinel2 🛰️📷spotted her. RADIN is sanctioned by US OFAC. According to washingtonpost (on X) article by mmkelly22 (on X) & joyceslee (on X), Gaolan port is where rocket fuel chemicals are loaded.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

15 MAR 2026 🇮🇷-flagged Container ship RADIN (9820257) arrived in Gaolan 🇨🇳 today. She departed Bandar Abbas, 28 FEB, as hostilities commended. She passed Sri Lanka, to days after the US Submarine sank the Iranian warship.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

TankerTrackers (on X) cdrsalamander (on X) mercoglianos (on X) lawofsea (on X) tldraanan (on X) MarcusHand1 (on X) johnkonrad (on X) MikeSchuler (on X) malte_humpert (on X) JemimaShelley (on X) Lloydslisted (on X)

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

That tanker will then carry the 🇮🇷🛢️➡️🇨🇳. And 🇨🇳will send 💰➡️🇮🇷 IRGC. It's business as usual for 🇮🇷 in the sea lanes of Southeast Asia. Check the UANI (on X) #GhostArmada list of Dark Fleet tankers that routinely support this illicit trade.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

(Thx TheBaseLeg (on X) & aerokessler on IG) AMBER is laden with 🇮🇷🛢️and heading for the Eastern Out of Port Limits (EOPL) anchorage off Johor, Malaysia. Once anchored here, she will conduct a Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer of US-sanctioned 🇮🇷🛢️to another Dark Fleet tanker.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

AMBER must have been in somewhat near proximity to the two USN Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) which were observed arriving in Penang, Malaysia, earlier today.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

(Thx StarboardIntel) (on X) She was spotted by #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 earlier today in the southern part of the Malacca Strait, passing Muar, Malaysia. She was previously observed on 🛰️📷by TankerTrackers (on X) on 4 MAR, near Bandar Abbas, Iran.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

15 MAR 2026 🇮🇷 -flagged Tanker AMBER (9357406) sailing past Singapore Strait tonight. She started broadcasting on AIS at the top of the Malacca Strait, while passing the Six Degree Channel between Between Aceh, Sumatra (Indonesia) and Great Nicobar Island (India).

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Starboard Maritime Intelligence @starboardintelligence.com · 19/10/2025

Starboard Maritime Intelligence has identified a false-flagged VLCC — NOVA (#IMO9283801) — transiting west through the Malacca Strait. It is now operating as ARROW (#IMO9212876), scrapped in 2018 as S MISTRAL. The stolen identity and AIS spoofing indicate sanctions evasion.

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Very interesting to see this news. A positive sign that there is at least some room for cooperation on common maritime problems, like drug smuggling at sea.

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

For Want of an Oiler: The Fragile State of America’s Afloat Logistics Fleet 1️⃣ USNS Big Horn Grounding 2️⃣ USS Neches Sunk 3️⃣ Vulnerability of at sea #logistics 4️⃣ Use of civilian tanker to refuel a US Navy aircraft carrier Full article at gCaptain.com youtu.be/Vpm7_BGRP-4

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For Want of an Oiler: The Fragile State of America’s Afloat Logistics Fleet

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🇺🇸 DoD Vision Statement for a Prosperous and Secure Southeast Asia #MaritimeSecurity & #MaritimeDomainAwarness feature prominently in this vision. Will the vision & capabilities planned be effectively operationalized? www.defense.gov/News/Release...

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The pros have arrived. 🤩 #OOTT

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3/ The first #AUMX was held in 2019 #AUMX2019, in Singapore and Thailand, with ops at sea in the Gulf of Thailand. It was held immediately following Exercise #SEACAT www.mindef.gov.sg/news-and-eve... www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/D...

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Charlie @supbrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

2/ #AUMX2025 was first announce by Admiral Aquilino is Congressional testimony in March 2024, but there had been no new info since then.

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