No tankers have loaded at Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export terminal, for at least a week, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing shipping and satellite data providers, suggesting the renewed US naval blockade has brought the country’s crude sales to a halt, Anadolu reports.
The US reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports in mid-July after an interim deal mediated by Pakistan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapsed.
Kharg Island, which is critical to Iran’s oil industry, fell idle on July 31, according to ship tracking company Kpler and consultancy Energy Aspects.
Satellite imagery showed that all three loading berths at Kharg had remained vacant for an extended period, according to maritime intelligence company Windward.
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