Any delay of the vessel’s departure could provide a window of opportunity for the U.S. to mount further legal action and try to again stop the tanker amid growing confrontation with Tehran.
This is helpful information for the USA, but why is the Captains lawyer speaking to the international press? I find that surprising. Maybe he wants better pay or work conditions, and there is no other way to get the government’s attention, no Labor Unions in Iran.
Maybe he is concerned about Iran, and perhaps might want to morph into the background. Doesn’t want to be Epsteined for losing at least the oil, if not the ship as well.
I wouldn’t pilot it either knowing it’s going to get torpedoed just outside of the Syrian port.
Well, here’s my chance.
All those years of watching Deadliest Catch finally pays off.
The tanker says on the stern that it is Panamanian