Ships sailing through the Gulf are facing serious problems as their tracking signals are being jammed, causing confusion about their real locations. In a latest incident on Sunday, the large oil tanker Front Tyne was traveling between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
At 9:40 a.m., ship-tracking data showed the vessel far away from the Gulf, in Russia, in a region known for growing barley and sugar beets. But the ship was actually nowhere near Russia.
A few hours later, around 4:15 p.m., the data showed the ship in southern Iran, near the town of Bidkhun. Then the signals kept jumping, moving the ship back and forth across the Gulf.
This strange behavior wasn’t a mistake in the ship’s system. Experts say the signals were being jammed, which has become a growing issue in this area. According to shipping analysis firm Windward, nearly 1,000 ships in the Gulf have been affected
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