CHINA has brazenly breezed past Donald Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade – with its US-sanctioned tanker passing by American warships unchallenged. The US Navy’s blockade of the

Since the start of the US blockade on Monday, 15 vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, nine of which have links to Iran, BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data suggests. US Central Command (Centcom) has said its blockade applies to all ships ...

The first full day of a U. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports made little difference to Strait of Hormuz traffic on Tuesday, with at least eight ships

A Chinese tanker on the US sanctions list transits the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, marking the first known passage during the current blockade. Shanghai Xuanrun Shipping, a Chinese firm included on the US sanctions list, owns the oil-chemical carrier.

The US is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran vowed Saturday that the waterway is not open to negotiation. The alert posted Friday by the US Office ...

Vessels are traveling without transmitting critical information meant to keep the waters safe, maritime intelligence experts say.