China risks Trump fury as tanker travels through Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade | World | News
A Chinese tanker under US sanctions passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to maritime data. Kpler and MarineTraffic data seen by Reuters showed the Rich Starry passed through the vital shipping route after circling the region yesterday. The ship belongs to Shanghai Xuanrun Shipping Co Ltd and was subject to sanctions for carrying Iranian crude oil.
The data showed that the ship was carrying approximately 250,000 barrels of methanol when it passed through the Bosphorus, which was loaded at its last port of call in Hamriyah, UAE. According to Kpler data, Rich Starry became the third Iran-linked ship to enter the Gulf via the Bosphorus on Tuesday, and the useful tanker Murlikishan set out for Iraq to load fuel oil.
The ship previously carried Iranian and Russian oil.
According to LSEG data, the last ship in the Gulf of Peace flagged by Panama passed through the waterway on its way to the port of Hamriyah.
It often transports Iranian naphtha, a petrochemical feedstock, to other ports in the Middle East before it is exported to Asia, according to Kpler data.
All three were allowed to pass through the Bosphorus because they did not go to Iranian ports and were therefore not covered by the US blockade.
Spokesman Guo Jiakun said this would only “increase tensions and undermine the already fragile ceasefire agreement.” He added: “This is dangerous and irresponsible behaviour.”
But it encouraged Donald Trump It was threatened to impose a 50 percent customs duty on Chinese goods if military aid was provided.
Jiakun retorted: “If the US insists on using this as an excuse to impose additional tariffs on China, China will definitely take decisive countermeasures.”
