PTOC Radar reveals Iranian tanker supplying Houthis with fuel and internationally sanctioned vessels present in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab

PTOC Radar, operated by the Maritime Security Unit of the PTOC Yemen Center for Specialized Research and Studies, has tracked the movements of the oil tanker VIOLET 3 (IMO: 9108104) in the Red Sea. According to exclusive information, the vessel is owned by Zaid Ali Al-Sharafi, a financial and commercial figure linked to the Houthis who is subject to U.S. sanctions. Maritime surveillance and tracking data show that the tanker carried out a series of movements beginning off the Iranian coast, passing through maritime areas off the Yemeni coast, and extending to the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the...