tanker

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To move sanctioned barrels, the regime leaned heavily on its shadow fleet—a clandestine tanker network used to evade sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The Rich Starry, a sanctioned Chinese oil and chemical tanker, masked its exact location in the Persian Gulf for more than 10 days before leaving through the Strait of Hormuz this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Oil prices have yet to retrace their gains from March, and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains well below levels from February, according to data from Kpler.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

A report from Reuters found that the tanker Rich Starry ran the blockade after first appearing to turn around in the Strait.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

When David finally knew that the tanker had not seen him—that the tanker had almost hit him and still nobody had seen him, nobody had seen his light—he began to hate.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen