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About a dozen loaded oil tankers left Venezuela in dark mode

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/about-dozen-loaded-oil-tankers-left-venezuela-dark-mode-tankertrackerscom-says-2026-01-05/
5•thinkingemote•1d ago

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thinkingemote•1d ago
Dark mode - turning off the transponders and also coordinating their movements together to overwhelm any reaction. Some ships painted fake names on their hulls.

If one or two get caught but 10 make it through then ${game_theory}. This is very rare with modern blockades and global shipping.

According to Tanker Trackers on twitter. I dont think they have a blog or news area, their tracking of global shipping is very interesting to see patterns related to geopolitics https://x.com/TankerTrackers

DivingForGold•1d ago
Tanker trackers: BREAKING: Russia’s seaborne crude oil exports have halved in the past 48 hours.
tim-tday•1d ago
https://archive.ph/AokTj