Iran-Linked LPG Tankers Turn Back as U.S. Blockade Tightens

Iran-linked carriers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have made U-turns and traveled in zig-zagging patterns in recent hours as they face the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman, after having cleared the Strait of Hormuz outbound into the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

The Glendale and Danuta I LPG carriers, sanctioned by the United States, have made abrupt changes in course in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman, or have made U-turns before potentially running into the U.S. blockade, vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed on…