A signal on board the ship tracker was briefly selected Marinetraffic on Tuesday morning, showing that he was traveling west through the Mediterranean off the Cyprus. But since then the signal has not received, believing that the tracker may have been disabled.
On Wednesday, satellite images showed another vessel – identified by experts as sport – also left the port. Images also show a large number of parked containers nearby.
The SPARTA tracker’s signal was not detected because it is combed in Tartous – believing it was also disconnected.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires that all ships more than 300 rough tone at any time broadcast their signal, except for some limited circumstances.
Ships can choose to disable their tracking signal for legal reasons – for example, when navigation with high -risk piracy areas. But, according to NATO, it may also suggest that the ship is trying to “hide illegal activity”.
Marine expert Frederick van Lockeren, former lieutenant of the Belgian Fleet Fleet and the analyst, said the “very confident” vessel left the port on the basis of satellite images.
The BBC Verify previously controlled Sparta and the area where it was doomed is now empty.
