“According to sources and data over the past two weeks, some Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait, have sent out some shipments through the Omani route by turning off their vessel tracking and by doing ship-to-ship transfers,”

Marc Ayoub · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20

Marc Ayoub notes that Gulf countries have used tracking shutdowns and ship-to-ship transfers along the Omani route.