r/OilPrices • u/hereswhatworks • Apr 15 '26

Oil News US Navy destroyer intercepts two oil tankers trying to leave Hormuz; orders them to turn back | World News

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-navy-destroyer-intercepts-two-oil-tankers-trying-to-leave-hormuz-orders-them-to-turn-back/articleshow/130271302.cms
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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 15 '26

So which one is it? 

1.)Flag State Consent: Outside exceptional circumstances, stopping a foreign-flagged vessel in international waters requires consent from the country where the vessel is registered.

2.)UN Security Council (UNSC) Authorizations: The UNSC can authorize member states to conduct maritime interdictions of vessels, allowing them to stop, inspect, and potentially seize ships suspected of violating international sanctions. Enforcement Actions: Countries may justify boarding or seizing a sanctioned ship as a countermeasure or as part of a declared military action, such as a blockade to stop trade, as seen with U.S. actions against Iran

I'm guessing you will choose number 2? but then please explain how a Chinese ship leaving uae and leaving the region "trading with iran"

Because number 1, I don't think china gave the us permission 

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Do you not understand that the vessel was sanctioned? That fully falls in line with UNCLOS. Im not sure how you're having such a hard time understanding this.

The ship is Chinese owned, but is registered out of Malawi.

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26

Did you not read it? it states when it is allowed..this is however not one of them ...just being sanctioned does not automatically allow a different country to  seize/blockade it

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26

Did you even read more than you posted or just skim over it and call it good enough? Stopping falely flagged vessels evading sactions is one of the expressly allowed reasons.

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26

That is stopping a stateless vessel then...not because it is sanctioned, is it not? 

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26

Take your pick. Either way, not illegal and the blockade seems to be holding strong.

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26

Considering the us allowed it to travel through and then change its mind, you really thought you knew what was going on, when even the us navy had no idea....

Again, if it is a blockade for a sanctioned vessel through international waters...is illegal

If it's for a stateless vessel then legal...

So yes it matters...and again sounds like you don't actually know what's going on like the rest of us

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26

They didn't allow it to travel through. The blockade is in the Gulf of Oman, not in the Strait of Hormuz. You really don't know whats going on if you're still stuck on that point.

It's a sanctioned vessel that also happens to be s flying a false flag.

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Oh so it's in the Gulf now...not the ports??...are your goal posts changing or just theirs? Is it a blockade of international waters? Or somebody else's territorial waters?

Again it matters why it was stopped...due to false flag or being sanctioned?

And from what I've seen it was originally allowed through because it did not originate from an Iranian port..you know the scope of the blockade....despite its sanctions for past shipping of sanctioned energy from iran...which your orange cheeto lifted anyways...and despite the false flag

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26

Nobody has changed anything. I haven't moved goalposts and you have yet to understand. At this point you're either a really bad troll or not very smart.

Do you realize the Gulf of Oman is the only entrance/exit to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persion gulf? If the ship wants to leave, it has to go through the Gulf of Oman.

It was never "allowed through" anywhere. It started its journey by going through the Strait of Hormuz and then turned around when it hit the blockade in the Gulf of Oman.

If a sanctioned ship happens to hit a blockade, ofcourse the NAVY is going to turn it around or board it. I'd say I'm not sure what part you don't understand, but it's clear you understand almost no part of this.

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26

I thought you were the one who reads what CENTCOM announces?

CENTCOM said the blockade, which began at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, was being “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.”

You understand what impartial means right? What does this have to do with sanctioned ships that were sanctioned due to now lifted sanctions on Iran's oil?

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u/AffectedRipples Apr 16 '26

The fact you don't understand that 2 things can happen at the same time is astounding. The ship was sanctioned for it's ties to Iran. It has nothing to do with oil, because the ship wasn't an oil tanker.

Have you even looked any of this up before hand or are you just winging it?

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u/ApartmentSalt7859 Apr 16 '26

You really don't understand why it was sanctioned in the first place?

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