New tension on the world's largest tanker route
Vessels from the US Navy fleet will no longer accompany US and UK merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened to close the vital oil route.
BY OLE ANDERSEN
US Navy vessels will no longer accompany vessels flagged in the US and the UK through the Strait of Hormuz which has otherwise been the procedure for the past year. This is evident in a statement from the US Defense Department, according to several media sources, after Iran threatened to close the strait which is vital for a big part of the global oil transport.
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