They were docked. And who gets to say a waterway is open or closed?

The insurance companies primarily... secondary the people with bombs that can sink ships attempting to use the waterways.

	▲	collingreen 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They were anchored. Slightly different than being docked, even if the overall point remains. The other thing is they were in Iraqi waters