From CNBC June17:
Two Iranian supertankers under U.S. sanctions have made it through the U.S. Navy blockade perimeter, carrying a combined total of 3.8 million barrels of crude oil. A third Iran-linked tanker carrying one million barrels of Iranian crude exited the blockade line on Wednesday. The prospect of a reopening prompted some shipowners to begin repositioning vessels toward Gulf ports in anticipation of a surge in restocking demand, while most are more cautious. At least three Iranian tankers carrying nearly five million barrels of crude oil have exited the U.S. Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz in the first such outbound shipment in two months, as shipowners cautiously reposition ahead of a U.S.-Iran deal signing in Geneva on Friday.
Two supertankers named Diona and Hero 2 — both owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company and under U.S. sanctions — made it through the U.S. Navy blockade perimeter, carrying a combined total of 3.8 million barrels of Iranian crude oil, according to shipping data provided by Kpler.
A third Iran-linked tanker carrying 1 million barrels of Iranian crude exited the blockade line on Wednesday, according to Kpler.
“Their apparent departure from the blockade suggests that other Iranian-trading tankers are also preparing to resume trading,” said Michelle Wiese Bockmann, senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward....
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