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Another oil tanker, the Smyrni, laden with Saudi crude oil, also sailed through the waterway last week and anchored in Mumbai.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Iran's military has effectively choked oil tanker traffic along the Strait of Hormuz with a combination of sea mines and drone strikes.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Energy Secretary Chris Wright erroneously posted — and then deleted — a message that the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the strait near Iran, only for the White House to concede no operation had occurred.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
There are currently about 400 oil and product tankers idle in the Gulf, and one oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz without incident on Monday, according to data from the website MarineTraffic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Iran's military has effectively choked oil tanker traffic along the Strait of Hormuz with a combination of sea mines and drone strikes.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Energy Secretary Chris Wright erroneously posted — and then deleted — a message that the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the strait near Iran, only for the White House to concede no operation had occurred.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
There are currently about 400 oil and product tankers idle in the Gulf, and one oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz without incident on Monday, according to data from the website MarineTraffic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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