US goes tanker-for-tanker with Iran

Sam Chambers · Splash 247 · 2026-09-02

The war around the Strait of Hormuz has entered an increasingly dangerous tanker-for-tanker phase, with the US striking Iranian state tankers in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping while a laden VLCC sits abandoned and listing off Oman. The 320,780 dwt Senegal Prosperity, controlled by South Korea’s Sinokor Maritime, was struck by three projectiles while …

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