According to Reuters, citing a number of people familiar with the matter, the U.S. has been using tactics, generally associated with Iran and other “sanctions dodging” state/non-state actors, to safely escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. One such tactic being used in the wider escort framework is ship-to-ship oil transfers in predetermined locations off the coasts of Oman and the United Arab Emirates, close to the areas demarcated by Iran’s newly formed Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA). Per the report, the U.S.-led mission involves the staggered departure of tankers from the aforementioned predetermined locations to meet with waiting Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) outside of the PGSA’s claimed jurisdiction, transferring their payloads, and then returning back through the strait.

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According to Reuters, citing a number of people familiar with the matter, the U.S. has been using tactics, generally associated with Iran and other “sanctions dodging” state/non-state actors, to safely escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. One such tactic being used in the wider escort framework is ship-to-ship oil transfers in predetermined locations off the coasts of Oman and the United Arab Emirates, close to the areas demarcated by Iran’s newly formed Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PG