Four ships carrying Iranian oil leave Gulf despite US blockade, monitor shows
Shipowners are using quiet Navy coordination to move vessels through Hormuz as traffic stays far below prewar levels, Lloyd's List said.
- Four Iranian-flagged oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday with their AIS transponders turned off, marking the first transit since the United States blockade of Iranian ports began in mid-April.
- Maritime tracking firm Kpler detected the Hilda I, the Amber, the Silvia 1, and the Happiness I carrying a total of seven million barrels of oil, all loaded in mid-April at Kharg Island, through which 90 percent of the Islamic Republic's crude normally transits.
- The tankers typically transport Iranian crude to offshore areas near Malaysia and Singapore, where they conduct ship-to-ship transfers of cargo often destined for China, evading direct sanctions enforcement.
- To circumvent international sanctions, Tehran adopted the practice of disabling AIS transponders, allowing the tankers to defy the United States blockade that had halted their operations since mid-April.
- The United States military regularly announces enforcement actions against tankers attempting to violate the blockade, with Washington recently disabling an oil tanker by firing on its engine room on Tuesday to prevent Iranian crude from reaching international markets.
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Nearly 40 Ships Leave Persian Gulf With U.S. Navy Coordination
Nearly 40 commercial vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf have successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past three weeks by quietly coordinating with the U.S. Navy, according to shipping intelligence firm Lloyd’s List. Industry sources told Lloyd’s List that some shipowners have been submitting transit plans to the Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping organization in Bahrain. While there is no formal escort program in place, t…
Four Iranian oil tankers have defied a US blockade and passed through the Strait of Hormuz, traffic data from…
Four Iranian flag tankers crossed the Strait of Ormuz on Monday with loads, an unprecedented event since mid-April and the implementation of the American blockade at Iranian ports, according to data from the shipping company Kpler, released on Thursday. Kpler detected the passage of the ships Hilda I, Amber, Silvia I and Happiness I, which carried a total of 7 million barrels of oil.
Four oil tankers under the Iranian flag and loaded with oil transited, on Monday, the Ormuz Strait, an unprecedented event since mid-April, in the context of the blockade imposed by the US on Iranian ports, reveals data published on Thursday by the...
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