Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker passes through Strait of Hormuz in test of US blockade
An oil tanker owned by a Hong Kong company has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Gulf of Oman in what appears to be a test of the US blockade targeting vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports, according to a maritime data firm.
The tanker, AVA 6, departed from a port in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Beijing time.
It passed through the Strait of Hormuz sometime between 4am and 2pm on Thursday, according to data from Mingkun Technology, a Chinese maritime information...
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