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Blocked tanker resumed its voyage
The 'Agios Fanourios I' has got clearance from the US authorities to continue, according to its Athens-based manager Eastern Mediterranean Maritime. On the early morningof May17, the fully laden tanker had sailed past the boundary line where the US wass enforcing its blockade of Iranian shipping. The VLCC sailed out from the Persian Gulf a week ago, moving past the Strait of Hormuz, and attempted to move into the Arabian Sea. As it approached the US naval blockade line, the tanker turned back into the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data show. US Central Command said at the time the vessel was turned away to enforce the blockade. The cargo’s buyer, the PetroVietnam Oil Corp., which is the trading arm of the Southeast Asian country’s national energy company, last week sent a letter of appeal to the US for the tanker’s release, statung the cargo was of extreme importance to Nghi Son Refinery, to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to the Vietnamese people.
Tanker turned back after transit of Strait of Hormuz
The 'Agios Fanourios I' appeared to be holding short of the U.S. blockade line in the Gulf of Oman after having been permitted by Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker changed course overnight and slowed from its speed of 13 knots. At first, it was heading back toward Oman at five knots, and its last AIS transmissions on May 11 were showing at a speed of just 1.2 knots. The AIS still showed Vietnam as the vessel’s destination. The tanker had made its way into the Gulf several weeks ago and loaded a crude shipment at the Basra Oil Terminal. On May 11 Iran said the vessel had been permitted to make the transit. The tanker was one of only a handful of vessels that transited the Strait of Hormuz on May 11, when it appeared to turn back a second Qatari LNG carrier, the 'Mihzem', after permitting one to make the transit on May 10. The 'Mihzem' approached the Strait but turned back on May 11. However, its AIS signal showed that the vessel transited the Strait on May 12 and was now moving along the coast towards Port Qasim.
Tanker left Strait of Hormuz in third attempt
On May 10, 2026, the "Agios Fanourios I" and the"Kiara M" (IMO: 9285823) passed through the Strait of Hormuz with their AIS being deactivated, as producers and traders in the Middle East were still trying to maintain oil exports from the Persian Gulf despite tensions with Iran. Both ships were carrying approximately two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil each. The "Agios Fanourios I" was scheduled to unload its cargo at the Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam on May 26. The tanker had previously made at least two unsuccessful attempts to transit the Strait of Hormuz after loading crude at the Basrah Offshore Oil Terminal on April 17. The "Kiara M" also left the Gulf with its tracking system switched off. The destination of the cargo of the "Kiara M" was initially unclear.
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