The exact location of Djibouti-flagged MV Mirfak, IMO number 7605677, is unclear from vessel tracking sites. Most data providers say it left the port of Jeddah on 22 December last year - destination not disclosed. The reality, sources tell Intelligence Online, is that it is floating in the Red Sea, one of at least four such ships placed at strategic and relatively safe locations in the area, to allow off-duty maritime security staff to wind-down between shifts.
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