US forces board sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean, Pentagon says

U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday.

Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran’s sea trade while Tehran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through the Strait of Hormuz waterway at the entrance to the Middle ​East Gulf.

U.S. forces have intercepted multiple commercial and oil tankers in the Indian Ocean in recent months.

“We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,” the Indo-Pacific Command wrote in an X post.

The Davina, a supertanker capable of carrying up to two million barrels of crude oil, was placed under U.S. sanctions in October 2024 for Iranian oil trading, according to ship tracking data.

The vessel, also known as the Lenore, was last seen on June 5 off Sri Lanka’s southern coast, ship tracking data on the MarineTraffic platform showed on Friday.

The vessel’s draft indicated that it was almost fully laden with an oil cargo, separate shipping data showed.

美国印太司令部周五表示，美军连夜在印度洋拦截了受制裁的无国籍油轮“达维娜”号。

华盛顿对伊朗的海上贸易实施了封锁，而德黑兰则向船只开火，阻止它们通过通往中东海湾入口处的霍尔木兹海峡。

近几个月来，美军在印度洋拦截了多艘商船和油轮。

“我们将继续在全球范围内开展海上执法行动，以打击非法网络，并拦截向伊朗提供物质支持的船只，无论它们在何处活动，”印太司令部在一份 X 帖子中写道。

根据船舶追踪数据，能够运载多达 200 万桶原油的超级油轮“达维娜号”因从事伊朗石油贸易，于 2024 年 10 月受到美国制裁。

根据 MarineTraffic 平台上的船舶跟踪数据显示，这艘也被称为“Lenore”号的船只最后一次出现是在 6 月 5 日，地点位于斯里兰卡南部海岸附近。

另有航运数据显示，该船的吃水深度表明它几乎满载石油货物。