Zombie Tankers Appear in Hormuz as War Fuels Traffic Chaos

Vessels posing as tankers that were sent for scrap years ago have appeared to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, in another example of how the Middle East war and the heavy signal interference in the region are affecting global shipping and energy flows. The vessel Nabiin, which was in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, has now moved to the Gulf of Oman, meaning that it has passed the Strait of Hormuz outbound to the Gulf of Oman. Yet, the Nabiin is a tanker that was sent to a scrapyard in Bangladesh five years ago, Bloomberg…