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1. Article · Jul 5, 2026 · Weilun Soon

   The supertanker tycoon making millions on Hormuz shuttle runs | Fortune (opens the original)

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   Just a few weeks into the war, one of the Persian Gulf’s top oil producers quietly began sneaking its crude out of the Strait of Hormuz. Before long, the covert project became so successful that the United Arab Emirates was already approaching its pre-war rate of flows through the waterway by the time the US and Iran signed their interim peace deal. The UAE’s aggressive push to get barrels safely out of the strait relied on tactics normally associated with sanctioned countries like Iran, Russia

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2. Article · Jul 5, 2026 · Weilun Soon

   Oil, gas tankers cross Hormuz via Oman-side route after U-turns | Fortune (opens the original)

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   Oil and gas shipping along a US-protected corridor in the Strait of Hormuz showed signs of recovering Sunday, a day after a batch of vessels performed unexplained U-turns and detours in the vital energy corridor. Six oil and gas freighters were observed navigating on a route that cleaves close to Oman’s coast. Those are only what’s observable, with many ships known to sail through with their transponders off to avoid digital detection. Western navies continue to say that, while traffic continues

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