Maritime tracking firms report that two Iranian supertankers have exited a US Navy blockade area near the Strait of Hormuz. TankerTrackers says automatic identification system (AIS) data and satellite imagery confirm that vessels Diona and Hero2, both operated by Iran’s National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), leave the blockade perimeter carrying a combined 3.8 million barrels of Iranian crude oil. TankerTrackers also reports that a third NITC tanker, Stream, approaches the blockade line from Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone after waiting there for about seven weeks.
ZeroHedge, citing additional tracking observations, says at least three Iranian crude tankers have moved past the blockade in the same week. It adds that Kpler observed another Iran-linked tanker with about 1 million barrels of Iranian crude exiting the blockade line on Wednesday. The reporting connects the movement with a tentative US-Iran arrangement, including a planned signing in Geneva, though the tracking data itself focuses on ship movements, cargo estimates, and timing. All sources rely on tanker-tracking organizations’ AIS and satellite corroboration for the vessel locations and cargo quantities.
