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Iran Oil Tanker Likely Beat US Blockade, Satellite Tracker Says
A man paddles on the beach as a ship is seen in the background on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz..
Source: Getty ImagesOne Iranian oil tanker may have slipped through a US blockade of the Persian Gulf state’s shipping, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite imagery to monitor vessel movements.
The very large crude carrier Huge, sailing under Iran’s flag, signaled on Sunday that it was off Bali’s coast, having not been on digital ship-tracking systems for months. Samir Madani, co-founder of TankerTrackers.com said satellite imagery showed the vessel as being there too, and that it was still at an Iranian port just hours before the US blockade began on April 13.