Clusters of ships are appearing inland around the Persian Gulf, pointing to an increase in interference with their geolocation signals following fresh attacks by Iran on neighboring countries.
About 120 vessels were in a circle about an hour’s drive inland from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, signaling they’re traveling at nearly 50 knots but without changes to their location, according to ship-tracking data. A smaller gathering of about a dozen ships was indicating speeds of more than 100 knots near the Omani-UAE land border.