Exclusive | Hong Kong-flagged tanker passes through Strait of Hormuz in test of US blockade

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A Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker crossed the Strait of Ormuz on Thursday despite the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he would block that key sea lane, although in the last few hours that country clarified that it would only divert ships leaving or heading for Iran. According to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post, which cites data from the local maritime tracking platform Mingkun Technology, the ‘AVA 6’, owned by the …