05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1

Case supertanker Grace 1

04.07.2019

In the night hours supposedly in the territorial waters of the british Gibraltar was tanker Grace 1 abordován unit of the royal marines and the royal gibraltar police and celnictva. Royal Marines in the number of 20 men arrived from Britain at the request of the gibraltar government. The ship was detained in the meaning of regulativu EU 32/2012 which is prevented in the trade Syria.
The ship Grace 1 is now enshrined (36°07'09.21"N 05°18'19.92"W) about 3.2 km east from the rock of gibraltar.

Notes
1/ the ship with inscriptions: Grace 1, Panama, IMO 9116412,
2/ tanker allegedly is not registered with the Panama Maritime Authority from 29.05.2019,
3/ tanker allegedly is not registered with Lloyd's or with P&I the Swedish Club since January, tr.,
4/ property relationships of the operators of the tanker are complex and not yet know the specific owner,
- Iships Management based in Singapore, allegedly without functional contacts,
- Russian Titan Shipping Lines, reportedly without functional contacts,
- TNC Gulf in Dubai, allegedly without functional contacts,
5/ tanker registered internet registry: Marinetraffic and Vesselfinder, etc.
6/ tanker allegedly sailed to a refinery Baniyas (35°13'08.00"N 35°58'01.00"E) in Syria,
7/ Iran said that the tanker flown to Syria,

Source
www.marinetraffic.com
www.vesselfinder.com
www.thenational.ae
lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com
www.thesun.co.uk

05.07.2019
The supreme court (Supreme Court of Gibraltar) extended by two days the detention of a tanker Grace 1 and his crew.
Attorney for Gigraltar informed that has received from the gibgaltarského Supreme court decision extending the custody of the crew and the ship Grace 1..
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 04.07.2019 - před rozedněním byl obsazen tanker Grace 1 britskou nám. pěchotou a gibraltarskou policí.

04.07.2019 - před rozedněním byl obsazen tanker Grace 1 britskou nám. pěchotou a gibraltarskou policí.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Známá cesta Grace 1 vyznačena červeně.

Známá cesta Grace 1 vyznačena červeně.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 05.07.2019 - současné kotviště Grace 1.

05.07.2019 - současné kotviště Grace 1.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Informace prokurátora pro Gibraltar, zveřejněná pod čj. 515/2019.

Informace prokurátora pro Gibraltar, zveřejněná pod čj. 515/2019.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#623435 Version : 0
06. when 09.07.2019
The investigation of the royal gibraltar police is continuing and the vessel remains detained on the basis of the regulation of the chief judge of the Supreme court of Gibraltar..
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 06.07.2019 - záď zadrženého  tankeru Grace 1.

06.07.2019 - záď zadrženého tankeru Grace 1.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Hlídkový člun gibraltarské policie.

Hlídkový člun gibraltarské policie.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Zakotvená Grace 1.

Zakotvená Grace 1.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 08.07.2019 - oznámení gibraltarské policie zveřejněné pod čj. 522.

08.07.2019 - oznámení gibraltarské policie zveřejněné pod čj. 522.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#623445 Version : 0
10.07.2019
In the Persian gulf (26°21'16.80"N 56°0'57.40"E) five vessels of the IRGC tried to abordovat tanker British Heritage. This attempt at thwarting the british frigate, HMS Montrose (F236). Action force, irgc is given to the context with capture of the tanker Grage 1 in Gibraltar.
www.idnes.cz
www.thesun.co.uk
www.vesselfinder.com

11.07.2019
Gigraltarská police arrested the captain and first officer.
www.defence24.pl

12.07.2019
The police arrested the other two officers.
In the evening the police released on bail for 4 arrested members of the crew of the ship Grace 1: captain, first officer and two officers.
www.forces.net

a Free translation of part of text marked ref. 529/2019
"... For the government of Gibraltar is not relevant to the origin of the cargo on board the Grace 1. We are not going to promote anything other than compliance with the sanctions against the syrian regime, required by the EU directive 36/2012...".
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 10.07.2019 - mapka s incidentem, kterou zveřejnil britský deník The Sun.

10.07.2019 - mapka s incidentem, kterou zveřejnil britský deník The Sun.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Britský zpravodajský portál Middle East Eye zveřejnil tuto mapku incidentu.

Britský zpravodajský portál Middle East Eye zveřejnil tuto mapku incidentu.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 12.07.2019 - první strana dokumentu s čj. 529.

12.07.2019 - první strana dokumentu s čj. 529.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#623446 Version : 0
13.07.2019
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt had a telephone conversation with iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javadem Zarifem. He assured the representative of Iran, that Britain doesn't care about the origin of the cargo carried, but a place of destination of the consignment. Representatives of Iran offered to release the tanker and crew after the expression guarantees that the ship heads to Syria.
https://www.bbc.com/news/48977093
www.idnes.cz
www.islamtimes.org
www.reuters.com

a Free translation of part of text marked ref. 531/2019
"... I have therefore asked the secretary of state to explain to the iranian authorities in my behalf, that any English decision relating to the detention of Grace 1 was made exclusively with regard to the place of destination, the syrian oil refinery Baniyas (35°13'08.00"N 35°58'01.00"E), which is on the list of EU sanctions, and regardless of the origin of their cargo. ... I also asked that the foreign minister informed the iranian authorities that Gibraltar remains committed to EU sanctions against Syria through our judicial authorities, but we are also prepared to allow the transfer of seized property to the creditor to the applicant in the event that we receive guarantees that the cargo will not be taken to Syria, nor to any body sankcionovaného according to the relevant EU legislation...".
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Foto Jeremy Hunta a Mohammada Javad Zarifa, via server Islam Times, 19.11.2018.

Foto Jeremy Hunta a Mohammada Javad Zarifa, via server Islam Times, 19.11.2018.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 13.07.2019 - první strana dokumentu s čj. 529.

13.07.2019 - první strana dokumentu s čj. 529.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#623452 Version : 0
15.07.2019
The supreme court (Supreme Court of Gibraltar) has extended by thirty days the detention of the tanker Grace 1 and his crew. Gibraltar media reported it is a four-day delay.
www.chronicle.gi
www.rockradio.gi.
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19.07.2019
Iranian retaliation for the decision of the gibraltar court was fast. In the Persian gulf near Hormuzské straits (26°33'13.00"N 56°18'07.00"E) were captured by the IRGC tanker Stena Impero. The alleged reason for the detention was some kind of unspecified damage to the fishing boat.

Notes
1/ the ship with inscriptions: Stena Impero, London, IMO 9797400,
2/ tanker registered internet registry: Marinetraffic and Vesselfinder, etc.
3/ the aim of the cruise was the saudi port of al-Jubail (27°00'19.00"N 49°39'15.00"E),
4/ tanker Stena Impero was detained in the omani territorial waters,
5/ the place of detention and the territorial waters have been identified an estimated according to published maps,
6/ according to the agency, The Guardian was the tanker Stena Impero anchored in the military port of Bandar Abbas (27°08'39.00"N 56°12'20.00"E).

Source
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz
https://en.farsnews.com/newsh.aspx?srv=27
en.farsnews.com
https://en.radiofarda.com/iran-news
www.marinetraffic.com www.theguardian.com
www.vesselfinder.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Tanker Stena Impero, foto via server Karatzas.

Tanker Stena Impero, foto via server Karatzas.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 19.07.2019 - mapka s rekonstrukcí akce při které námořní IRGC zajaly britský tanker Stena Impero.

19.07.2019 - mapka s rekonstrukcí akce při které námořní IRGC zajaly britský tanker Stena Impero.
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15.08.2019
Gibraltársky súd ended zadržiavanie supertankera Grace 1 and his crew. Apparently sa so happened then, ako sa Iran zaviazal that vessel to finish unloading the oil in Syria and does not break so sankcie imposed by the zo parties to the EU on this landscape. Iran, on the contrary odmieta that sa to niečomu zaviazal and claim that oil nebola never pre Sýriu intended.


16.08.2018
Ministertvo spravodlivosti the US issued a command to zadržanie tankera Grace 1 from dôvodu porušenia the american law on the international pohotovostných economic opatreniach (IEEPA) of 1977. In príkaze on zadržanie sa uvádza that konfiškované has even a vessel, the entire load of oil and 995.000 dolárov in cash on the basis of attempting to "protiprávny prienik to the american finančného system with cieľom support illegal dodávok from Iran to Syria implemented iránskymi revolučnými guard corps"

Source: https://www.topky.sk/cl/11/1817217/.
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18.08.2019
Supertanker Grace 1 (resp. with a new menom Adrian Darya 1) left port in Gibraltáre and he's heading to the international vôd. Under the site Marinetraffic.com, is heading to the gréckeho harbor Kalamata. Žiadosť US about zadržanie tanker miestne authorities odmietli with a team that sankcie the US against Iran sa nevzťahujú on územie the EU.


Source: www.ta3.com
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24.08.2019
Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, was forced to change his target from Kalamaty in Greece on the Turkish Mersin, after that Greece would not allow the landing of the ship.

25.08.2019
American national security adviser John Bolton for his twiteru wrote: "... to prevent Iran fund terror, destabilize the planet and violations of international sanctions. Illegal oil Adrian Darya 1, which is heading to Turkey must be unloaded at the port or at sea."

26.08.2019
Akhilesh Kumar, the captain of the ship Adrian Darya 1 has been entered into the american list sankcionalizovaných persons. Supposedly this happened after the captain Akhilesh Kumar did not respond to two e-mails from Brian Hook of the iranian section of the u.s. department of state, requesting the release of the supertanker Adrian Darya 1.

29.08.2019
The super tanker changed direction and briefly headed along the island of Cyprus back to the west. Server Maritime-executive about this situation wrote: the Ship of Adrian Darya 1 again turned 180 degrees and headed back between the Turkey and the northern coast of Cyprus. This is the third time that supertanker sails through this route - first east, then west and again the east - how he's wanted a way where to unload the cargo.
Iran announced that it had sold crude oil and a tanker, did not specify, however, who bought the oil, and who bought the supertanker Adrian Darya 1.

Source
twitter.com
twitter.com
www.istanbulhaber.com.tr
www.maritime-executive.com
www.poandpo.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 29.08.2019 - supertanker Adrian Darya 1 několikrát změnil směr plavby v mezinárodních vodách mezi Tureckem a Kyprem.

29.08.2019 - supertanker Adrian Darya 1 několikrát změnil směr plavby v mezinárodních vodách mezi Tureckem a Kyprem.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Izraelská firma ImageSat International (ISI) zveřejnila fotografii supertankeru Adrian Darya 1, která byla pořízena během jeho plavby v mezinárodních vodách mezi Tureckem a Kyprem.

Izraelská firma ImageSat International (ISI) zveřejnila fotografii supertankeru Adrian Darya 1, která byla pořízena během jeho plavby v mezinárodních vodách mezi Tureckem a Kyprem.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#625884 Version : 0
2019.09.02
Iranian supertanker Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1) around 15:54 hours, when it sailed in international waters about 45 nautical miles (83 km) west of lebanon's Tripoli (32°53'48.00"N 13°10'40.00"E).
According to the servers, Marine Traffic and Vesselfinder is not obvious, where the ship now lies, because the operator supertanker turned off the automatic identification system (AIS).

Source
twitter.com
www.lodninoviny.cz
www.marinetraffic.com
www.spiegel.de
www.vesselfinder.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 31.08.2019 - trasa plavby supertankeru Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).

31.08.2019 - trasa plavby supertankeru Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 01.09.2019 - trasa plavby Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).

01.09.2019 - trasa plavby Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 02.09.2019 - poslední známé místo Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).

02.09.2019 - poslední známé místo Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1).
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#625809 Version : 0
07.09.2019
Reconnaissance satellite photographed the alleged iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1) near the port of Tartus (34°53'37.00"N 35°53'07.00"E).
www.dailymail.co.uk.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#626179 Version : 0
09.09.2019
Spokesman of the iranian foreign ministry Seyed Abbas Mousavi said that the oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, who was recently released from the Gibraltar (36°08'27.00"N 05°21'15.00"W), reached their destination on the coast of the Mediterranean sea and unloaded their cargo despite the american sabotážním negotiations". Further assured that "our oil we will in any way sell and sabotage acts will not affect our plans". The spokesman further stressed that the u.s. measures against a supertanker are in conflict with international law, including the law of the sea and regulations of the International maritime organization (IMO).

P. With.
Seyed Abbas Mousavi announced that a captured british tanker Stena Impero will be released soon after the settlement of the legal requirements.

Source
en.farsnews.com
en.irna.ir
www.tabnak.ir.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#626399 Version : 0
11.09.2019
Hamid Baeidinejad, an iranian ambassador in London said that oil from the tanker Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1) was sold and transferred at sea, so the violation of the agreement with Gibraltar and Britain to avoid.

Source
en.irna.ir
www.lidovky.cz
www.reuters.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 11.09.2019 - iránský diplomat Hamid Baeidinejad. Foto via server IRNA.

11.09.2019 - iránský diplomat Hamid Baeidinejad. Foto via server IRNA.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - Mapka s rekonstrukcí plavby tankeru Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1) s chybným zakreslením obeplutí ostrova Kypr. Tanker obeplul ostrov ze severní strany - viz mapky výše uvedené. Foto převzato ze serveru Alaraby.

Mapka s rekonstrukcí plavby tankeru Adrian Darya 1 (ex Grace 1) s chybným zakreslením obeplutí ostrova Kypr. Tanker obeplul ostrov ze severní strany - viz mapky výše uvedené. Foto převzato ze serveru Alaraby.
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01. when 03.10.2019
Near the syrian shores are next to each other anchored by the two iranian tankers: Adrian Darius 1 (ex Gragce 1) and Jasmine. The second photo shows the pumping of oil into a smaller vessel, which is able to anchor in the port of syrian oil refineries at Baniyas (35°10'55.00"N, 35°56'42.00"E).

Facial image taken from the server's Syria Live Maps and twitter to Tanker Trackers, which refer to the company Maxar Technologies.
syria.liveuamap.com
twitter.com
twitter.com
www.timesofisrael.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 01.10.2019 - snímek pořízený US družicí.

01.10.2019 - snímek pořízený US družicí.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 03.10.2019 - snímek zobrazující překládání ropy do menšího tankeru LR1 Jasmine.

03.10.2019 - snímek zobrazující překládání ropy do menšího tankeru LR1 Jasmine.
URL : https://www.valka.cz/05-07-2019-Gibraltar-Kauza-supertankeru-Grace-1-t223941#628710 Version : 0
16.12.2019
Everything indicates that the overdraft of oil from the supertanker Adrian Darya 1 (IMO: 9116412, MMSI 422263900) was successfully completed because the designated iranian tanker Jasmine (IMO: 9105085, MMSI: 422237500) have sailed in November, the Suez canal, and was spotted in the Red sea (29°46'23.00"N 32°31'17.00"E).
Where is the supertanker Adrian Darya 1 is not known - from 02.09.2019 has switched off AIS. Only can assume, that sails the Mediterranean sea.

www.vesselfinder.com
www.fleetmon.com.
05.07.2019 - Gibraltar: Kauza supertankeru Grace 1 - 16.12.2019 - Mapa s vyznačením pozice iránského tankeru Jasmine.

16.12.2019 - Mapa s vyznačením pozice iránského tankeru Jasmine.
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Diskuse

Since when is Iran a member of the EU? I must have missed something... But if it's not a member, on what legal basis does the EU want to force a state that is not bound by EU rules to abide by them? Now, if Iran were to declare sanctions on oil imports to the US, then under that precedent, it could detain any tanker going through the Strait of Hormuz with a cargo of oil for the US... I see it similarly with the US demand for tanker confiscation - Iran can do the same against the US and confiscate individual tankers seized under a similar Iranian law (if they don't have one, there's no problem with passing it quickly).
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buko1: I think you're mixing up domestic and international law a bit. In national there is always some authority (usually the state) that enforces "laws" against the inhabitants in a given territory. In international law, it works differently, by way of some sort of consensus between the states themselves and/or within a community. And because there is not that authority (in the sense of some force), international law works on the classic scheme of "the stronger dog ..." (simply put, Iran is the weaker one in almost every aspect, so it's probably hard not to be expected to enforce sanctions, blockades, confiscations, etc.), and even if most countries were to agree that they are in the right, it would be a slap in the face, because no one would dare go directly against the US.
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