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The Big Story briefing 6 min read

Big Story: Saudi Arabia's Tanker Workaround Became the Target

On July 19, the NCC WAFA loaded Saudi crude at Yanbu and headed south toward the Bab el-Mandeb. Then it went dark. Its AIS transponder cut off somewhere in the northern Red Sea and the vessel turned around, executing the evasion maneuver that Saudi Arabia and its logistics partners had built into th…

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