Tankers and other Iranian ships subject to sanction by the US.....
We already know about Touska (containership) that was disabled by the USN firing at it and rendering the engineroom severely damaged as a result.
Then came along Hasna which I mentioned earlier today that had its rudder effectively amputated by an F/A-18 from the Abraham Lincoln.
Now another tanker has met with a slightly confusing and bizarre situation. The Iranians call her Ocean Koi, but according to AIS her name is Jin Li (ex Ocean Koi). She was apparently stopped under US sanction by the USN in the Gulf of Oman but has now been seized by Iran under a judicial order. I have to admit to being slightly puzzled by this, so I hunted down the Iranian news agency Tasnim to see if they could make sense of what was going on with the ship......and frankly, it is as clear as mud.
Iranian Navy Seizes Violating Oil Tanker in Sea of Oman (Tansim News Agency, Iran - May 8th, 2026)
The ship in question is currently showing as being off the Sohar anchorage, Oman
