None are carrying oil from Iran or have obvious, direct links to the country. The three tankers between them have a transport capacity of about 6 million barrels of crude. In addition, Iran exported at a rate of about 1.7 million barrels a day last month. The Greek tanker was signalling for Malacca in Malaysia, whose media reported on Friday a permission for the country’s freighters to depart. Iran has said that vessels are allowed to sail through the waterway, but that they must get permission to do so.The two Chinese supertankers are the Cospearl Lake and the He Rong Hai.

Source: Economic Times April 12, 2026 07:58 UTC