Disabling Trackers, Three Tankers Escape Strait of Hormuz Without Attack

Several tankers reportedly succeeded in exiting the Strait of Hormuz by turning off their tracking devices to avoid Iranian attacks. Each vessel carried about 2 million barrels of crude oil. According to detikFinance, this report indicates a rising trend among oil exporters to maintain the smooth distribution of global energy. According to shipping data from Kpler and LSEG, cited from Reuters (11/5/2026), two giant Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tankers, Agios Fanourios I and Kiara M, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (10/5). Both ships transported around 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil. The tanker Agios Fanourios I is now heading to Vietnam to unload its cargo at the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical facility on 26 May. Meanwhile, the tanker Kiara M also left the Gulf on Sunday. However, it is unclear where the San Marino-flagged tanker will unload Basrah crude oil. The vessel is managed by a Shanghai-based company and owned by an entity registered in the Marshall Islands. Subsequently, the VLCC tanker Basrah Energy loaded 2 million barrels of Upper Zakum crude oil from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC)’s Zirku terminal on 1 May and exited the Strait of Hormuz on 6 May. The Panama-flagged ship is said to have unloaded its cargo at Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminal on 8 May. It is known that ADNOC and its buyers have recently dispatched several crude oil-laden tankers through the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to move oil trapped in the Gulf due to the Middle East conflict.