Remember the infamous Evergreen ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal years back? Having had a chance to dig into the recent events unfolding in the Gulf, I found a very interesting detail.

The whole purported "collapse" of the MOU began when a tanker called the Ever Lovely transited the Strait of Hormuz. Instead of using the Iran-designated shipping routes—which all other ships had been using without problem and without paying a toll (a 60-day pause in collecting these fees, per the MOU)—the Ever Lovely took a "UN-backed route" that was outside of the normal ship traffic pattern.

It is important to note that the International Maritime Organization worked closely with the United States, Iran, and the Gulf States to create a two-lane traffic pattern. All parties agreed that these would be the sole routes used during the 60-day window stipulated in the MOU.

The Ever Lovely did not use these routes, instead charting a course along the Omani coast, along with five other tankers. When the Iranian authorities ordered the ships to turn around and use the designated routes, the other five ships complied. The Ever Lovely's AIS tracker stopped transmitting, indicating that it may have been intentionally turned off. Hence why the Iranians took this as an intentional act to undermine the MOU.

Interestingly enough, the Ever Lovely is owned by the Evergreen Maritime Organization—the same company that owned the infamous Evergreen ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal. The company is based out of Taiwan, which is yet another proxy of the Deep State.