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30 vessels including Chinese ships transited the Strait of Hormuz with Iran’s permission — while the US blockade redirected 70 others
Somewhere in the narrow waters between Iran and Oman in late May 2026, the crew of an oil tanker typed two words into their ...
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Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz amid US blockade
At least three vessels, including two United States-sanctioned tankers, have entered the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on the first full day of the US ⁠blockade on ships calling at ...
China DEFIES Trump’s blockade of Strait of Hormuz as US-sanctioned tanker brazenly sails through waterway unchallenged
CHINA has brazenly breezed past Donald Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade – with its US-sanctioned tanker passing by American ...
Strait of Hormuz traffic barely affected on first day of US blockade, data shows
By Florence Tan, Mariko Katsumura and Jonathan Saul SINGAPORE/LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - The first full day of a U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports made little difference to Strait of ...
US military developing plans to target Iran’s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails
US military officials are developing new plans to target Iran’s capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz in the event the current ceasefire with Iran falls apart, according to multiple sources familiar ...
US-sanctioned tankers pass Strait of Hormuz on first day of US blockade, data shows
A third Iran-linked tanker was entering the ⁠Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday on the first ‌full day of the U.S.
BID TO STABILIZE CRUDE: US extends Russian oil waiver by 30-days
Washington: The US has extended by another month its sanctions waiver on the purchase of Russian crude oil already loaded on ...
Iran-Iraq Tanker War redux? Why the Strait of Hormuz crisis is different
The Tanker War between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s also disrupted global shipping. But the situation today is different.
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Tehran’s ‘toll booth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz
The de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in response to the United States-Israel war has caused one of the worst energy crises in decades with experts warning of a looming global ...
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Iran still exporting millions of barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz even as other traffic paralyzed
If the United States assumed, before attacking Iran, that the major oil producer would be reluctant to close the Strait of Hormuz for fear of blocking its own oil exports, it miscalculated.
Battle Over the Strait of Hormuz Leaves Safe Passage a Gamble
Vessels are traveling without transmitting critical information meant to keep the waters safe, maritime intelligence experts ...