Iran 'evades Trump's naval blockade' by using different port [View all]

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.

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