Iranian tanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil escapes US blockade

Ship tracking website "TankerTrackers" reported that a giant Iranian tanker carrying $220 million worth of oil escaped the US naval blockade on Iran and has now reached Indonesian waters.

The TankerTrackers account on the "X" platform stated that the massive vessel, carrying more than 1.9 million barrels of crude oil, evaded US surveillance, moving through Indonesian waters.

The account wrote: "A VLCC supertanker belonging to the National Iranian Oil Company (NITC), carrying more than 1.9 million barrels (estimated at $220 million) of crude oil, managed to evade the US Navy and reach the Far East."

It added: "The vessel, known as "HUGE" (ID: 9357183), was last seen off the coast of Sri Lanka more than a week ago, and is currently moving through the Lombok Strait in Indonesia towards the Riau Archipelago."

According to maritime tracking information, the tanker has not sent Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals since March 20, when it left the Strait of Malacca heading to Iran.