So as long as the last port the ship leaves is a GCC port US will let them leave ?
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Ultra_Metal5 days ago
+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_pls5 days ago
+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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LazerWolfe535 days ago
+74
Trump said all ships. The military then clarified 'disregard Trump, it's just ships from Iranian ports.'
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InsaneAss5 days ago
+34
all ships in/out of Iranian ports.
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[deleted]4 days ago
+6
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+2
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Angry_beaver_18675 days ago
+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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RarelyReadReplies5 days ago
+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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yuikkiuy5 days ago
+252
"You dont hate the media enough" is a phrase I keep circling back to lately
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Forgettable395 days ago
+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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binzoma5 days ago
+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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RarelyReadReplies5 days ago
+8
Definitely a good case for keeping the CBC, BBC, and other national broadcasters.
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Hypnotist305 days ago
+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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h3ron5 days ago
+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_OnionX5 days ago
+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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EagleRise5 days ago
+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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PilotArtist5 days ago
+16
> No idea why Reuters is in the clickbait business now.
You can't be serious right?
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mikebootz5 days ago
+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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EternalNewCarSmell5 days ago
+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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RevolutionaryRun15975 days ago
+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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iuuznxr5 days ago
+59
Sanctions are still suspended this week.
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somethingeverywhere5 days ago
+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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ModernSimian5 days ago
+18
It's Tuesday over there, nothing Trump said applies on Tuesdays. Enjoy your tacos.
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Nath33395 days ago
+3
Where in the world are you that it's not Tuesday yet?
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ModernSimian5 days ago
+5
Hawaii
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Nath33395 days ago
+5
Fair enough, one of the last places to join us in Tuesday. Enjoy your Monday night!
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iuuznxr5 days ago
+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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otclogic5 days ago
+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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Veritas18145 days ago
+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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somethingeverywhere5 days ago
+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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Veritas18145 days ago
+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_Attorney5 days ago
+6
It’s "paid" FYI
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Veritas18145 days ago
+3
English is my third language, sorry
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MaybeTheDoctor5 days ago
+6
You're doing great.
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Intro-Nimbus5 days ago
+3
~~must have paid~~ likely paid
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wggn5 days ago
+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-com5 days ago
+63
If they paid the toll to Iran, the US said they would block them
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endeend85 days ago
+47
How would the US know if they did or not? Iran sending US daily reports?
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Diarmundy5 days ago
+40
The Iran paid ships travel a different route closer to the Iranian shore
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CaioNintendo5 days ago
+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_18675 days ago
+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_Intense5 days ago
+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_0225 days ago
+16
Did it pay the Iranian toll? Trump specifically said that any ship paying the "illegal toll" would be stopped.
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gotohellwithsuperman5 days ago
+24
Trump says a lot of things, most of them don’t mean anything.
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Melodic_Animator26055 days ago
+3
Trump’s own lying ass mouth said we would block any and all.
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nzerinto5 days ago
+15
It’s supposedly sanctioned by the US
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smurf-vett5 days ago
+9
That's a port authority problem if they're flying a legit flag
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Molekularspalter5 days ago
+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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Diarmundy5 days ago
+4
Also didn't Trump want ships to yolo through the strait?
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Molekularspalter5 days ago
+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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sildurin5 days ago
+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_65985 days ago
+1
So Iran is not blocking them?
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ImSoMysticall5 days ago
+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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Swaqqmasta4 days ago
+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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EvilDran5 days ago
+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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Steamsagoodham5 days ago
+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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mikebootz5 days ago
+18
The ship paying the toll is new information where did you read that?
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the_eluder5 days ago
+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_5 days ago
+5
You repeated yourself 4 times
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kerkyjerky5 days ago
+6
Where did it say the paid a toll?
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4hanni5 days ago
+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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OrangeSpaceMan55 days ago
+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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FeistyGate87845 days ago
+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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UnoriginalStanger5 days ago
+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_Restaurant154 days ago
+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-Nimbus5 days ago
+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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tierciel5 days ago
+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_eiO5 days ago
+4
79 years old man struggling with technology.
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Intro-Nimbus5 days ago
+3
Frankly, if he had never learned how to tweet the world would be better for it.
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WeSoSmart5 days ago
+53
It’s a “sanctioned tanker” tho
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bafben105 days ago
+15
And sanctions are suspended this week
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somethingeverywhere5 days ago
+16
On oil, shadow fleet tanker sanctions are linked to companies and ships
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AssistX5 days ago
+4
And rarely get boarded or seized. People out here acting like every shadowfleet vessel is seized.
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somethingeverywhere4 days ago
+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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sns20175 days ago
+3
And Iran didn’t bomb it.
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lemons_of_doubt5 days ago
+33
So ship that was exempt from the blockade was not stopped by the blockade.
How is this news?
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purestvfx5 days ago
+10
The news of the blockade gives the impression that no ships are passing at all.
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OrangeSpaceMan55 days ago
+6
Its to push an agenda
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TheMania5 days ago
+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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Veralia15 days ago
+16
The actual release from CENTCOM says specifically Iranian ports, Trump's truthing aside.
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alex81555 days ago
+47
so whatever trump says should be questioned for accuracy?
you hear that magas?
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matjoeman5 days ago
+7
They know he lies and they don't care.
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Enverex5 days ago
+2
Because Trump explicitly stated \*\*all\*\* ships.
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tiktiktiktiktam2335 days ago
+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_Idiot5 days ago
+28
Rich Starry is flagged as MALAWI. The second ship is flagged under MADAGASCAR.
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jayrocksd5 days ago
+9
The Rich Starry also turned around and headed back into the Gulf of Oman.
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princemousey15 days ago
+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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[deleted]5 days ago
+33
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skiingredneck5 days ago
+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_OnionX5 days ago
+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-4 days ago
+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-5 days ago
+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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BringBackTheDinos5 days ago
+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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[deleted]5 days ago
+25
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BringBackTheDinos5 days ago
+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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CaptainCanuck935 days ago
+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_Toppings5 days ago
+6
Yawn wake me on Thursday when *whatever new nutty thing he does*
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Ucccafelatte4 days ago
+1
So how are they passing through without dealing with Iran?
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codemagic5 days ago
+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_Fruits4 days ago
+3
Correct OP. That’s how it works when you leave a non Iran port. Good job 😘
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THEPIGWHODIDIT5 days ago
+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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UtopianPablo5 days ago
+12
This uncertainty is what makes it fun.
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THEPIGWHODIDIT5 days ago
+5
Musical tankers
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Potential_Archer24275 days ago
+9
No because it was from iran
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ReactorSaIt5 days ago
+14
This is brain rot, why would the U.S blockade a Chinese tanker leaving the UAE?
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FeistyGate87845 days ago
+11
That’s what the president said he would do in his tweet
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DaedalusX545 days ago
+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_reddit5 days ago
+5
I'm more interested how many ships US have intercepted. Zero?
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TyblosiinU5 days ago
+16
Literally says in the article that it was coming from the UAE. US is blocking Iranian ports.
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DungeonDefense5 days ago
+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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FeistyGate87845 days ago
+14
The presidents tweet said it didn’t matter what port it came from
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matjoeman5 days ago
+5
He says all kinds of c*** that doesn't actually happen.
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AmorphousMess5 days ago
+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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TyblosiinU5 days ago
+2
US Central command laid out how their enforcing the blockade. That's what really matters
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Xylus19855 days ago
+2
Isn’t that ship still inside the US blockade line? https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9773301
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Ultra_Metal5 days ago
+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-Sun5 days ago
+4
Have they (tanker) paid a fee to Iran?
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Reasonable_Gas_24985 days ago
+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_Section14915 days ago
+5
They don't wanna mess with China.
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goldjack5 days ago
+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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xcal9115 days ago
+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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flux85 days ago
+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_Skeetersburg5 days ago
+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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GeshtiannaSG5 days ago
+2
Both gave the same reason of the draft resolution blaming the wrong country for this mess.
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ZasdfUnreal5 days ago
+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-555 days ago
+5
Its US SANCTIONED tanker. Why didnt US seized it? US scared of China?
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MastusAR5 days ago
+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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mikebootz5 days ago
+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_34095 days ago
+2
All these grand proclamations with no follow through just makes the US look more weak.
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Green_L3af5 days ago
+2
Trump is all talk and the whole world knows it
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glassfoyograss5 days ago
+1
It's taco Tues isn't it?
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Objective-Street-9575 days ago
+1
What day is it again? it's TACO TUESDAY!
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Rafxtt5 days ago
+2
TACO Tuesday!
🐔🇺🇸🐔
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practicalcabinet5 days ago
+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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longjiang5 days ago
+1
What do u mean by “sanctioned”
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KingSlayin4 days ago
+1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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Unfair_Resolution8364 days ago
+1
I am surprised the news isnt fear mongering the presence of chinese military near the straight
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Weekly_Finish19604 days ago
+1
Trump and Xi will meet the next month. What do you expect to happen?
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