After verifying the news, the following things were revealed:

After verifying the news, the following things were revealed:

The ship belongs to the shadow fleet that Iran uses to bypass sanctions on Iranian oil exports. This was published today by the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF), and another video features Iraqis.

The oil tanker SIBU1, which was released today with the participation of 40 people from the Shajnah tribe—who forgot the role of the Puntland Maritime Police—originally belongs to Qatar Alnada Almasi Ship Management L.L.C., a company included on the U.S. sanctions list.

For transporting Iranian oil and generating funds to support organizations and groups backed by Iran by transferring Iranian oil from one ship to another (STS) while turning off navigation tracking systems.

The tanker flew the Palau flag 🇵🇼 in early 2026 and bore the name Seamull, but after being included on the sanctions list they wanted to circumvent the law, so they decided to change its fictitious identity by repainting it, changing the flag from Palau to the Eritrean flag, and changing its name to SIBU1.

Erasing the complete geographical and navigational record of violations. Note that the ship is not officially registered in Eritrea and is not entitled to fly the Eritrean flag. The nationalities on board the ship when it was hijacked were 16 Indian citizens, one Sudanese person, one Syrian, and one Iraqi person as well. It does not carry any Iranians on board, and the company is owned by the Egyptian Hatem Al-Said.