US-Sanctioned Gas Tanker Sails Through Strait of Hormuz

“The Strait of Hormuz is currently too risky for legitimate shipowners to cross from a commercial standpoint as well as for safety of crew, which explains the dozens of tankers stuck waiting within the Gulf and unable to exit,” said Charlie Brown, an advisor to United Against Nuclear Iran, a US lobby and pressure group focused on Tehran. “Dark fleet or sanctioned tankers may take a calculated risk to sail through, possibly after communication with Iranian forces in the area,” he said. . . . “We may see other dark fleet tankers emboldened to cross the strait after the successful voyage taken by Danuta I,” Brown said.