Oil tankers increase ‘dark’ transits through Strait of Hormuz • Financial Times (opens in new tab)

Alice Hancock, Nassos Stylianou, Malcolm Moore and Ryo Namiki: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday on his Truth Social platform that “Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz”. He said the effort had allowed about 200 commercial ships to cross the strait and that 100mn barrels of crude were able to reach global markets as a result of the operation. Dan Smoot, chief executiv...