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thatasianguy88 Apr 14, 2026 +443

So as long as the last port the ship leaves is a GCC port US will let them leave ?

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Ultra_Metal Apr 14, 2026 +187

Yes, the blockade only covers Iranian ports. >As the three vessels transiting the strait were not heading to Iranian ports, they are not covered by the ⁠blockade.

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Facts_pls Apr 14, 2026 +73

Didn't he explicitly say 'all ships?' Did the meaning of all ships change suddenly? Oh wait, it's Tuesday. Guess it's taco time.

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LazerWolfe53 Apr 14, 2026 +74

Trump said all ships. The military then clarified 'disregard Trump, it's just ships from Iranian ports.'

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InsaneAss Apr 14, 2026 +34

all ships in/out of Iranian ports.

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Angry_beaver_1867 Apr 14, 2026 +1744

The us blockade doesn’t stop ships leaving from non Iranian ports. So why would they stop this one. It left from uae

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RarelyReadReplies Apr 14, 2026 +1318

>It loaded the cargo at its last port of call, the United Arab Emirates' Hamriyah, the data showed. Relevant quote for everyone. No idea why Reuters is in the clickbait business now. Aren't they supposed to be above that?

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yuikkiuy Apr 14, 2026 +252

"You dont hate the media enough" is a phrase I keep circling back to lately

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Forgettable39 Apr 14, 2026 +34

Have you read the article? For starters the headline is not the same as the one posted here on listnook. I dont know if that was altered later but is not currently the case. Reuters are reporting on the ships which entered the gulf through the US blockade, that started yesterday, which are affected by current US Sanctions. Which means the US are allowing ships which have been sanctioned by them, to enter the Gulf through Hormuz, un-hindered. This is very much current events/news and nothing in the article is wrong or misleading according to the information that is currently available. It is neither critical nor supportive of US or Iran but this is useful information because if anything it lends credability to a very unstable and very low credability Trump administration, in their claim that they will only interfere with tankers headed to or from Iranian ports.

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binzoma Apr 14, 2026 +74

we got the media we deserve I'd say we dont want to pay for media we don't want media thats owned by non billionaires we get what we get. free media is one of the most important foundational aspects of a democracy, and for the last 30-40 years we've been like yeah nah. same with education

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RarelyReadReplies Apr 14, 2026 +8

Definitely a good case for keeping the CBC, BBC, and other national broadcasters.

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Hypnotist30 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Fake news is free & carefully crafted or just made-up to get you angry enough to like, comment (argue), & share. You have to pay for information.

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h3ron Apr 14, 2026 +168

That's not click bait. Trump specifically said they'd block "any and all" ships. The military later contradicted him by saying only the ones from Iranian ports would be blocked. Ignoring what Trump originally said would be sane washing.

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Embarrassed_OnionX Apr 14, 2026 +77

CENTCOM had clarified the scope of the blockade. Crazy to have such an incoherent person like Trump leading a war

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EagleRise Apr 14, 2026 +29

I still remember the qna they did here a year or two ago, my impression from it was that being objective wasn't their business or mo.

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PilotArtist Apr 14, 2026 +16

> No idea why Reuters is in the clickbait business now. You can't be serious right?

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mikebootz Apr 14, 2026 +4

Reuters headlines are the worst. Putin has been manipulating them for years. Their headlines are always like this. “Declarative statement of a fact”, says bad faith actor. Anyone reading the headline sees the first part and registers that as a fact, even though it’s a statement made by someone specifically to mislead. It’s one of the top tools of misinformation. You will see it every where now.

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EternalNewCarSmell Apr 14, 2026 +2

All I know is the headline on the actual link is not the same as the headline OP posted. Can't read the article though because it's paywalled (or account-walled, I don't know...the minute I see a login screen of any kind I'm out).

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RevolutionaryRun1597 Apr 14, 2026 +202

Except it's owned by a Chinese company that's under sanction for dealing with Iran. That was the point of the article.

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iuuznxr Apr 14, 2026 +59

Sanctions are still suspended this week.

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somethingeverywhere Apr 14, 2026 +41

That was for the sale of Iranian oil, not sanctioned shadow fleet tankers. fyi waivers for the sanctions auto expire and the 30 day waiver for the Russian oil ran out and wasn't extended dispite Russian dipolmats visiting Washington

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ModernSimian Apr 14, 2026 +18

It's Tuesday over there, nothing Trump said applies on Tuesdays. Enjoy your tacos.

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Nath3339 Apr 14, 2026 +3

Where in the world are you that it's not Tuesday yet?

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ModernSimian Apr 14, 2026 +5

Hawaii

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Nath3339 Apr 14, 2026 +5

Fair enough, one of the last places to join us in Tuesday. Enjoy your Monday night!

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iuuznxr Apr 14, 2026 +2

It was for the Iranian oil that's loaded on sanctioned shadow fleet tankers. Their shadiness is the reason no one really took the offer.

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otclogic Apr 14, 2026 +21

Bulk of US Navy is positioned outside the gulf. Tanker has transited the strait but not past the Us Navy. The may not interdict perhaps because its not Iranian oil, or because the sanctions relief is in effect, or because the Us isn’t quite ready to provoke China, but the tanker isn’t out of the woods yet. Track her here: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:3722428/zoom:10

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Veritas1814 Apr 14, 2026 +83

The [ship](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3722428) went in one of the two [«toll lanes»](https://news.usni.org/2026/04/09/vessels-trickle-past-iran-as-questions-remain-over-strait-of-hormuz-status) just south of Larak island. Therefor it must have paid the 13,5 million ¥ toll and USA should according to their [blockade](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o) «seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran»

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somethingeverywhere Apr 14, 2026 +18

there's plenty of countries that don't have to pay the toll so doing the Iranian traffic lanes doesn't mean toll was paid.

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Veritas1814 Apr 14, 2026 +4

Chinese ships payed the toll [earlier](https://www.newsweek.com/china-paying-iran-toll-booth-strait-of-hormuz-11739234), in their own currency at the expense of the petrodollar. If they had not, Iran would fired at them as we saw earlier in the war. Now the few ships recently who hasn’t payed who went trough did so by hugging the Oman coastline.

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Jeovah_Attorney Apr 14, 2026 +6

It’s "paid" FYI

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Veritas1814 Apr 14, 2026 +3

English is my third language, sorry

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MaybeTheDoctor Apr 14, 2026 +6

You're doing great.

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Intro-Nimbus Apr 14, 2026 +3

~~must have paid~~ likely paid

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wggn Apr 14, 2026 +2

didnt Trump change the blockade at the last moment to only apply to ships traveling from/to Iranian ports

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www-cash4treats-com Apr 14, 2026 +63

If they paid the toll to Iran, the US said they would block them

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endeend8 Apr 14, 2026 +47

How would the US know if they did or not? Iran sending US daily reports?

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Diarmundy Apr 14, 2026 +40

The Iran paid ships travel a different route closer to the Iranian shore

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CaioNintendo Apr 14, 2026 +7

Iran is blockading the strait, and you can only pass if you pay the toll. That’s the whole point. The US essentially said: if Iran is not letting everyone through without charging a toll, we’ll not let anyone through. But then TACO.

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Angry_beaver_1867 Apr 14, 2026 +3

Iirc I think Chinese flagged ships are exempt from the Iranian tolls. So I don’t think they’d have to.

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Battle_Intense Apr 14, 2026 +26

Originally was supposed to also stop every ship paying a toll but how is the US Navy going to know which ships pay a toll. There is the Elpis that a listnook post focused on earlier today, it loaded at an Iranian port. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-sanctioned-tanker-linked-to-china-tests-trump-blockade-with-hormuz-transit-11353960

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Catch_022 Apr 14, 2026 +16

Did it pay the Iranian toll? Trump specifically said that any ship paying the "illegal toll" would be stopped.

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gotohellwithsuperman Apr 14, 2026 +24

Trump says a lot of things, most of them don’t mean anything.

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Melodic_Animator2605 Apr 14, 2026 +3

Trump’s own lying ass mouth said we would block any and all.

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nzerinto Apr 14, 2026 +15

It’s supposedly sanctioned by the US

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smurf-vett Apr 14, 2026 +9

That's a port authority problem if they're flying a legit flag

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Molekularspalter Apr 14, 2026 +2

How would the US know if a ship paid a toll to Iran or if they just demonstrated bigly balls and they were lucky not to hit a mine (driving at night, etc.). Did they take the route close to the Iranian border?

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Diarmundy Apr 14, 2026 +4

Also didn't Trump want ships to yolo through the strait?

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Molekularspalter Apr 14, 2026 +2

Yes, he did, but also said that no ships that paid tolls to Iran shall pass now. Paying to anyone else is fine of course.

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sildurin Apr 14, 2026 +2

So, all Iran has to do is sell oil to UAE, who in turn will sell it to everyone else.

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Strange_Drive_6598 Apr 14, 2026 +1

So Iran is not blocking them?

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ImSoMysticall Apr 14, 2026 +1

How does that work using a stop over? Leave an Iranian port, travel to UAE, leave a UAE port Would that be stopped?

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Swaqqmasta Apr 14, 2026 +1

Maybe the confusion comes from the blatantly different reality from what the comrade-in-chief managed to vomit out from his iPhone when this was announced

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EvilDran Apr 14, 2026 +111

I understand they ported through the UAE not Iran as others pointed out. However, to make it through the straight safely, doesn’t that mean they still paid the Iranian toll? US wasn’t helping them. To navigate through, they must have been in communication with Iranians to avoid missiles/mines. Meaning toll paid to Iran regardless if ever ported there. Trump publicly stated no Ships paying Iran toll will get through (regardless of port.) This ship got through paying the toll to Iran, breaking trumps “blockade”. Thats newsworthy. I don’t know why comments are saying otherwise. It’s doesn’t matter if the ship didn’t port/trade directly with Iran, when they are still paying Irans Fee to make it safely through. Yes trump said he’d block all trade to Just Iran, but he also said he’d stop any ships that paid a fee to Iran, like this one….

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Steamsagoodham Apr 14, 2026 +18

You can still get through the strait without paying the toll. Only two vessels are confirmed to have actually paid the toll so far. Most others just seem to be risking it.

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mikebootz Apr 14, 2026 +18

The ship paying the toll is new information where did you read that?

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the_eluder Apr 14, 2026 +32

Since Trump is mostly bluster, a ship going through really isn't news. If he actually stops one, now that will be news.

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Fuck_Me_If_Im_Wrong_ Apr 14, 2026 +5

You repeated yourself 4 times

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kerkyjerky Apr 14, 2026 +6

Where did it say the paid a toll?

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4hanni Apr 14, 2026 +10

> Thats newsworthy. I don’t know why comments are saying otherwise. MAGAs trying to save face of their supreme leader who TACOed again after talking tough.

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OrangeSpaceMan5 Apr 14, 2026 +286

For the people incapable of reading the article It left from the UAE and was thus exempt from the blockade

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FeistyGate8784 Apr 14, 2026 +94

Trumps tweet said all ships would be blockaded originally. Blame the dumbass for sharing policy by tweet and changing it on the fly

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UnoriginalStanger Apr 14, 2026 +10

At some point in the past 10 years people surely must have learned that taking what Trump says at face value is worthless. Centcom made a clarified statement after which is what should be focused on as they are in the business of actually doing things.

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Good_Restaurant15 Apr 15, 2026 +2

Doesn't matter. The POTUS is still an important position and what the POTUS says is still important, even if it is coming from a blithering idiot.

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Intro-Nimbus Apr 14, 2026 +39

When the president is both incompetent and has a preference for governing via tweet, a lot of dumb shit has to be redacted later.

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tierciel Apr 14, 2026 +8

which has the effects of 1) Making the military look incompetent when they either do stupid shit or DON'T do what their CiC has publicly told them to do. 2) Makes the US look dumb because the President says outrageous shit and either doubles down or has to have someone else come out and walk it back for him.

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Koala_eiO Apr 14, 2026 +4

79 years old man struggling with technology.

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Intro-Nimbus Apr 14, 2026 +3

Frankly, if he had never learned how to tweet the world would be better for it.

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WeSoSmart Apr 14, 2026 +53

It’s a “sanctioned tanker” tho

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bafben10 Apr 14, 2026 +15

And sanctions are suspended this week

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somethingeverywhere Apr 14, 2026 +16

On oil, shadow fleet tanker sanctions are linked to companies and ships

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AssistX Apr 14, 2026 +4

And rarely get boarded or seized. People out here acting like every shadowfleet vessel is seized.

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somethingeverywhere Apr 14, 2026 +2

You should look up how many were seized in the last few months vs The years since they've been running. That's a trend line.

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sns2017 Apr 14, 2026 +3

And Iran didn’t bomb it.

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lemons_of_doubt Apr 14, 2026 +33

So ship that was exempt from the blockade was not stopped by the blockade. How is this news?

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purestvfx Apr 14, 2026 +10

The news of the blockade gives the impression that no ships are passing at all.

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OrangeSpaceMan5 Apr 14, 2026 +6

Its to push an agenda

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TheMania Apr 14, 2026 +57

It is hard to keep track, how long ago did the president truth this again? > Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. It's less than 48h old, surely.

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Veralia1 Apr 14, 2026 +16

The actual release from CENTCOM says specifically Iranian ports, Trump's truthing aside.

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alex8155 Apr 14, 2026 +47

so whatever trump says should be questioned for accuracy? you hear that magas?

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matjoeman Apr 14, 2026 +7

They know he lies and they don't care.

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Enverex Apr 14, 2026 +2

Because Trump explicitly stated \*\*all\*\* ships.

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tiktiktiktiktam233 Apr 14, 2026 +75

SINGAPORE, April 14 (Reuters) - A Chinese tanker sanctioned by the United States passed through the Strait of Hormuz on ‌Tuesday despite a U.S. blockade on the chokepoint, shipping data showed. The Rich Starry would be the first to make it through the strait and to exit the Gulf since the blockade began, ⁠data from LSEG, MarineTraffic and Kpler showed. The tanker and its owner Shanghai Xuanrun Shipping Co Ltd were sanctioned by the United States for dealing with Iran. The company could not be immediately reached for comment. Rich Starry is a medium-range tanker that is carrying about 250,000 barrels of methanol on board, according to ‌the ⁠data. It loaded the cargo at its last port of call, the United Arab Emirates' Hamriyah, the data showed. The Chinese-owned tanker has Chinese crew on board, the data ⁠showed. Another U.S.-sanctioned tanker Murlikishan also headed into the strait on Tuesday, LSEG data showed. The empty handysize tanker is expected ⁠to load fuel oil at Iraq on April 16, Kpler data showed. The vessel, formerly known ⁠as MKA, has transported Russian and Iranian oil.

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Dauntless_Idiot Apr 14, 2026 +28

Rich Starry is flagged as MALAWI. The second ship is flagged under MADAGASCAR.

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jayrocksd Apr 14, 2026 +9

The Rich Starry also turned around and headed back into the Gulf of Oman.

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princemousey1 Apr 14, 2026 +12

“As the three vessels transiting the strait were not heading to Iranian ports, they are not covered by the ⁠blockade.”

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skiingredneck Apr 14, 2026 +14

The us also gave ships currently in Iranian ports time to get out. So I’d expect a few more click bait headlines before reality.

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Embarrassed_OnionX Apr 14, 2026 +4

Are they really gonna board and seize Chinese-owned ships, without any legal backing? This would be insane.

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Tuor-son-of-Huor- Apr 14, 2026 +1

I'm not a sailor, or strategist, or anything. But if other ports are allowed wouldn't you just hop to one of them before leaving? Then you aren't coming from an Iranian port but port owned by XYZ country instead.

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-HealingNoises- Apr 14, 2026 +13

I was thinking that this either goes immediately to attacks on Chinese, Indian or other major countries ships. Or it immediately falls apart like trumps wet public farts. You kind of have to put up or shut up for the threat of "I'm going to hit you" to have any weight to it.

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BringBackTheDinos Apr 14, 2026 +40

Man these comments.... The Starry did NOT dock at an Iranian port, it is carrying methanol from the UAE. It is however sanctioned for dealing with Iran in the past. Trump downgraded his blockade from all ships to just those that deal with Iran. So this is a bit of a gray area and a soft pushback against the blockade. Trump will likely let this through, even with Trump changing who he said was free to pass, it still makes him look weak and is a win for China and Iran. The next ship could push the boundaries a little more.

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BringBackTheDinos Apr 14, 2026 +7

His handlers are having to keep a closer watch on him. He initially said all ships were restricted and any running the blockade would be dealt with like all the Venezuelan "drug boats". He's truly unhinged.

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CaptainCanuck93 Apr 14, 2026 +25

You're blaming commenter's rather than Trump's incoherent flip flopping on this? Let's be real - Trump likely wanted a full blockade then got told it had to be about Iranian ports otherwise they'd be forced to fire upon Chinese tankers and even Trump isn't dumb enough to do that

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Extra_Toppings Apr 14, 2026 +6

Yawn wake me on Thursday when *whatever new nutty thing he does*

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Ucccafelatte Apr 14, 2026 +1

So how are they passing through without dealing with Iran?

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codemagic Apr 14, 2026 +3

I love that “US-Sanctioned” can be read using both definitions of the word Sanction. That’s the fun part of contranyms.

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Pumpkins_Are_Fruits Apr 14, 2026 +3

Correct OP. That’s how it works when you leave a non Iran port. Good job 😘

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THEPIGWHODIDIT Apr 14, 2026 +6

If a tanker goes from Iran, to, for example Bahrain, and then out of the strait, will they be allowed to leave?

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UtopianPablo Apr 14, 2026 +12

This uncertainty is what makes it fun.

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THEPIGWHODIDIT Apr 14, 2026 +5

Musical tankers

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Potential_Archer2427 Apr 14, 2026 +9

No because it was from iran

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ReactorSaIt Apr 14, 2026 +14

This is brain rot, why would the U.S blockade a Chinese tanker leaving the UAE?

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FeistyGate8784 Apr 14, 2026 +11

That’s what the president said he would do in his tweet

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DaedalusX54 Apr 14, 2026 +4

And he lied again as he always does. The notice to mariners from CENTCOM made it very clear what the blockade entails, and it does not include anything about the tolls.

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articland05_reddit Apr 14, 2026 +5

I'm more interested how many ships US have intercepted. Zero?

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TyblosiinU Apr 14, 2026 +16

Literally says in the article that it was coming from the UAE. US is blocking Iranian ports.

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DungeonDefense Apr 14, 2026 +5

That sounds like a easy loophole to go around. Just leave an Iranian port and head to the UAE, then leave the strait with no hassle

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FeistyGate8784 Apr 14, 2026 +14

The presidents tweet said it didn’t matter what port it came from

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matjoeman Apr 14, 2026 +5

He says all kinds of c*** that doesn't actually happen.

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AmorphousMess Apr 14, 2026 +14

Well yeah he is the US president so people have to take his bullshit seriously whether he will taco or not. The US is truly ruled by a mad king.

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TyblosiinU Apr 14, 2026 +2

US Central command laid out how their enforcing the blockade. That's what really matters

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Xylus1985 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Isn’t that ship still inside the US blockade line? https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9773301

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Ultra_Metal Apr 14, 2026 +2

>As the three vessels transiting the strait were not heading to Iranian ports, they are not covered by the ⁠blockade. The headline is misleading. It's written in a way to make it appear that the ship is violating the blockade but it isn't.

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S-Sun Apr 14, 2026 +4

Have they (tanker) paid a fee to Iran?

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Reasonable_Gas_2498 Apr 14, 2026 +6

Imagine being forced to sail through this straight right now. Poor guys basically playing Russian r******* so some rich dude can earn money

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Constant_Section1491 Apr 14, 2026 +5

They don't wanna mess with China.

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goldjack Apr 14, 2026 +3

What are they going to do to actually enforce this - start sinking Chinese oil tankers? Yet another ill thought out plan from the Trump & co. Brains trust.

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xcal911 Apr 14, 2026 +2

The US wants to destroy the Gulf oil and have the world pivot to the US oil. It will also open the region up to Israel expansionism. Trump will do whatever it takes to make it happen.

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flux8 Apr 14, 2026 +3

I’d like to know what the US ships plan to do if and when say a Chinese oil tanker comes through from Iran, they try to stop them, and are ignored? Are they going to fire on said Chinese tanker?

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Taint_Skeetersburg Apr 14, 2026 +3

China just vetoed the UN resolution encouraging member states to defend freedom of movement for ships through Hormuz, so it would be interesting if they turned around and did exactly that as soon as it was their own $$ on the line -- [https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167261](https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167261)

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GeshtiannaSG Apr 14, 2026 +2

Both gave the same reason of the draft resolution blaming the wrong country for this mess.

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ZasdfUnreal Apr 14, 2026 +1

It’s not a ship headed to or from Iran so Reuters is using a misleading headline in a vile attempt at misinformation during a time of war. Disgusting. Reuters has become trash journalism.

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Desperate-Hearing-55 Apr 14, 2026 +5

Its US SANCTIONED tanker. Why didnt US seized it? US scared of China?

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MastusAR Apr 14, 2026 +4

So, Iran can call any of the ports in the Gulf, and say "Hey, wanna buy oil on the c****", "Sure". Then they just sail the tankers inside the gulf never passing the strait. Another tanker then gets its (Iranian) cargo from UAE and sails the strait unobstructed as it's not got it's load from Iran? Or could you even do that on the same vessel? Sail the strait "going into UAE", leave UAE and get oil from Iran and sail back to UAE. Pump the oil off and back again, so that "you got this oil from UAE" and through the strait we go?

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mikebootz Apr 14, 2026 +1

Why would UAE allow that? They are competitors in business and enemy combatants in a war right now.

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Melodic_Crow_3409 Apr 14, 2026 +2

All these grand proclamations with no follow through just makes the US look more weak.

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Green_L3af Apr 14, 2026 +2

Trump is all talk and the whole world knows it

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glassfoyograss Apr 14, 2026 +1

It's taco Tues isn't it?

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Objective-Street-957 Apr 14, 2026 +1

What day is it again? it's TACO TUESDAY!

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Rafxtt Apr 14, 2026 +2

TACO Tuesday! 🐔🇺🇸🐔

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practicalcabinet Apr 14, 2026 +1

So we need a third country to blockade the strait to stop any ships getting through the Iranian and American blockades?

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longjiang Apr 14, 2026 +1

What do u mean by “sanctioned”

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KingSlayin Apr 14, 2026 +1

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Unfair_Resolution836 Apr 14, 2026 +1

I am surprised the news isnt fear mongering the presence of chinese military near the straight

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Weekly_Finish1960 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Trump and Xi will meet the next month. What do you expect to happen?

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