🇺🇸🇮🇷 Axios reports that roughly 40 tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz Friday night carrying around 16 million barrels of oil, citing three U.S. officials.
But public shipping data tells a very different story. Kpler recorded just seven commodity vessels transiting on Thursday, with no large crude carriers or LNG tankers among them.
The U.S. says protected convoys are moving at night with tracking systems switched off, so dark transits could explain some of the gap. That practice is real.
But there is currently no independent confirmation of the specific 40-tanker, 16-million-barrel figure.
In Hormuz, even the ships you can’t see are now part of the story.
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But public shipping data tells a very different story. Kpler recorded just seven commodity vessels transiting on Thursday, with no large crude carriers or LNG tankers among them.
The U.S. says protected convoys are moving at night with tracking systems switched off, so dark transits could explain some of the gap. That practice is real.
But there is currently no independent confirmation of the specific 40-tanker, 16-million-barrel figure.
In Hormuz, even the ships you can’t see are now part of the story.
$TUT | $TRUMP | $STX
#BREAKING #news #US #iran #Hormuz