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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,416 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:26 PM 2 hrs ago

Iran 'evades Trump's naval blockade' by using different port

Iran is bypassing the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by exporting oil from one of its eastern ports, new analysis suggests.

Seven very large crude carriers (VLCCs) were detected near Iran’s port of Chabahar – in the Gulf of Oman, east of the narrow shipping channel – on April 19, according to data company Windward.

Windward also detected a ship-to-ship transfer, whereby a cargo is moved from one ship to another at sea, between two smaller tankers offshore from the port.

Altogether, these tankers have the capacity to export 14 million barrels of oil between them, equivalent to about 10 days’ worth of Iran’s pre-war oil exports.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/iran-evades-trump-naval-blockade-165743947.html

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Iran 'evades Trump's naval blockade' by using different port (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago OP

LMAO vapor2 2 hrs ago #1

That port has no pipeline, no tanks, and no oil infrastructure. It's a dry cargo port close to Pakistan. Melon 2 hrs ago #2

vapor2

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1. LMAO

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:37 PM

2 hrs ago

I find myself sorta cheering for Iran vs this madman who is clueless

Melon

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2. That port has no pipeline, no tanks, and no oil infrastructure. It's a dry cargo port close to Pakistan.

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:06 PM

2 hrs ago

This story is obviously vague. There is no onshore oil infrastructure here. The entire area has tankers waiting to get through the straits. They suggest oil transfers, but the oil still would have to come through the straits, so it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

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