MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. The Rich Starry, a Chinese-linked tanker flying the flag of Malawi that has been under US sanctions since 2003, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday after the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran, CNN reported, citing shipping data.
TASS has compiled key details about the situation.
- At least one vessel sailing under the flag of Iran has departed from the Gulf of Oman for the Arabian Sea since the United States imposed its blockade, according to an analysis from TASS based on data from maritime monitoring systems.
- At 0:10 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday (9:00 p.m. GMT on Monday), the container ship Shabdis, currently sailing under the flag of Iran from the Iranian port of Chabahar, entered the Arabian Sea.
- At 9:00 a.m. Moscow time (6:00 a.m. GMT) on Tuesday, the vessel was around 200 km (108 nautical miles) south of the Pakistani coast as it moved southward toward the Indian Ocean.
