-- ロイター通信は、関係筋の海運・治安当局者の話として、米軍がアジア海域で少なくとも3隻のイラン船籍船舶を拿捕し、それぞれの位置から進路を変更させたことを報じた。 報道によると、これらの船舶はインド、マレーシア、スリランカ近海に位置しており、米国がイランの海上貿易に対する封鎖を継続している中で発生した。 ロイター通信は、米軍がここ数日間でさらに少なくとも3隻のイラン船を進路変更させたことを、米インド海運関係者2名と西側海上安全保障関係者2名の話として伝えた。 船舶追跡データによると、拿捕された船舶のうち1隻は、積載量100万バレルのタンカー「セビン」で、積載量の65%を積載していた。同船は1か月前、マレーシア沖で最後に目撃されていた。 また、1週間以上前にマレーシア近海で最後に目撃されたイランの大型外航タンカーも拿捕されたと報じられている。 イラン船籍で200万バレル以上の石油を積載したドレナ号は、船舶追跡データによると、3日前、南インド沖で最後に目撃された。米中央軍(CENTCOM)のXに関する投稿によると、ドレナ号は「以前に封鎖を突破しようとした後」、米海軍の護衛下にあったという。 また、同投稿は、10日前に始まった封鎖の一環として、最大29隻の船舶に「引き返すか港に戻る」よう要請したとも述べている。 米国防総省は、のコメント要請にすぐには応じなかった。 (マーケットチャッターのニュースは、世界中の市場専門家との会話から得られた情報に基づいています。この情報は信頼できる情報源に基づいていると考えられますが、噂や憶測が含まれる可能性があります。正確性は保証されません。)
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