{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Dark Transit","description":"Seven MSC container ships pass through Bab al-Mandab with no publicly visible position – the industry calls such voyages dark transits. A dark transit is the passage of a vessel through a sea area with its AIS switched off or manipulated, so that it disappears from commercial tracking platforms. In high-risk waters the practice is defensive: a ship that cannot be located is harder for an attacker to target. The same technique, however, is used to conceal sanctions evasion, illicit ship-to-ship t","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/dark-transit","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-22T04:15:59.706771","citation":"Frachtportal-News «MSC schickt sieben Containerschiffe wieder durch Suez und Bab el-Mandeb» (18.08.2026); Linerlytica","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/dark-transit","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Dark Transit · Seven MSC container ships pass through Bab al-Mandab with no publicly visible position – the industry calls such voyages dark transits. · Quelle: Frachtportal-News «MSC schickt sieben Containerschiffe wieder durch Suez und Bab el-Mandeb» (18.08.2026); Linerlytica"}