Chinese state-owned tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the critical energy route was largely closed by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran more than six weeks ago.
Some 600 of the 1,500 garages and petrol stations across the country have run out of diesel, petrol, or both as fuel protests continue nationwide ... .
The specific reasons behind the about-turns are not clear, as both Iraq and Pakistan had earlier received approvals from Iran to transit the strait ... .
Each vessel is capable of carrying 2 million barrels of oil ... Three other empty tankers – Mombasa B, Agios Fanourios I, and Shalamar – were sailing in the strait on Sunday to enter the Gulf and load oil, LSEG data showed.