The Libyan National Oil Corporation has denied rumors circulating on social media that one of its national tankers docked at a port in occupied Palestine. In a statement released today, Wednesday, the corporation described the rumor as an attempt to cause confusion. The corporation affirmed that its specialized management is continuously and accurately monitoring the movement of tankers and shipping operations through modern and reliable monitoring and navigation systems around the world, including the Mediterranean basin.
The Qatari website Arabi 21 had earlier reported, citing oil tanker tracking websites, that the Libyan oil tanker “Anwar al-Nasr” had docked at Haifa port in Israel coming from Tripoli. However, the tanker was actually scheduled for a trip between Tripoli and Cyprus to transport fuel, not Israel. Recently, Israel has been causing continuous military interference with GPS systems in the eastern Mediterranean, leading to misplacements of ships and planes. This interference caused Israeli civilian aircraft to appear at Beirut airport and Syrian aircraft in Tel Aviv, and others to fly in incorrect patterns. This also led to the misplacement of the Libyan tanker “Anwar al-Nasr” in Haifa while it was actually in Cyprus.
