Iran has effectively blocked the only way out of the Persian Gulf, leaving about 3,000 ships stranded. But two zombie ships appear to have sailed in and out of the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
The article is over reporting the quality of the data. There’s no data with them in the strait, just on either side. The logical conclusion, if it is actually a single ship, is that it crossed the strait. I think it’s far more likely that the Indian shipyard that dismantled them has a habit of selling the transponder data for profit, and the Japanese owners want to squeeze their dead ships for 110% revenue, so look the other way. I suppose the only purpose of these transponders would be misdirection during a war, but they seem to have just gotten their money’s worth.
So does this mean other countries are giving their ships fake Japanese identities in the hopes that it will get them through safely?
The article is over reporting the quality of the data. There’s no data with them in the strait, just on either side. The logical conclusion, if it is actually a single ship, is that it crossed the strait. I think it’s far more likely that the Indian shipyard that dismantled them has a habit of selling the transponder data for profit, and the Japanese owners want to squeeze their dead ships for 110% revenue, so look the other way. I suppose the only purpose of these transponders would be misdirection during a war, but they seem to have just gotten their money’s worth.
Either that or India never actually scrapped them.