3 oil tankers pass Hormuz with trackers off amid blockade: Report

Three crude oil tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz with trackers switched off to avoid possible Iranian attacks amid the waterway blockade, Reuters reported, citing shipping data. Two very large crude carriers (VLCCs), Agios Fanourios I and Kiara M, carrying Iraqi crude, passed through the strait on Sunday. Earlier, the VLCC Basrah Energy exited the strait on May 6.