Oil Terminal: Destination and Identification System

oil terminal: The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, updated its listed destination in its Automatic Identification System to Mersin, Turkey, a port city in the country's south and home to an oil terminal, according to Nine News Australia. However, mariners can input any destination into the AIS, so Turkey may not be its true destination. To improve your experience update it here News WorldUS pursuing Iranian oil tanker 'under terrorist command' to Turkey By Associated Press2 31am Aug 25, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the US amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday local time after Greece said it wouldn't risk its relations with America by aiding it. Mersin is some 200 kilometres northwest of a refinery in Baniyas, Syria, where authorities alleged the Adrian Darya had been heading before being seized off Gibraltar in early July. AP Iranian state media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the new reported destination of the Adrian Darya, which carries 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil worth some US 130 million. An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the US amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday local time after Greece said it wouldn't risk its relations with America by aiding it. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.