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2023-05-03 22:23:11 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1EB2620DD051ED6C7EC124C65953637CCE0C2AA5F3EAD0CE21CC5EA5CEAB131B
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While the US Navy has called for the release of both ships, neither of them are American ships. The ship ‘Niovi’ is registered in Panama, and the ship ‘Advantage Sweet’ is registered in the Marshall Islands. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/second-oil-tanker-week-seized-by-iran-gulf-us-navy-2023-05-03/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/5/3/iran-seizes-second-oil-tanker-in-a-week-amid-us-confrontation https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:214873/mmsi:355943000/imo:9292498/vessel:NIOVI https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:304108/mmsi:538010184/imo:9587192/vessel:ADVANTAGE_SWEET
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