{"id":51325,"date":"2026-04-15T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=51325"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:18:33","slug":"chinese-tankers-turn-back-from-challenging-u-s-blockade-others-pass-strait-of-hormuz-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=51325","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Tankers Turn Back from Challenging U.S. Blockade, Others Pass Strait of Hormuz Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tuesday was the first full day of the U.S. blockade of Iran and the first day after the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz was open to international shipping. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to ship tracking data, at least eight ships passed through the strait, which remains far below its pre-war level of about 130 ships per day. Two sanctioned tankers linked to China appear to have changed their minds about challenging the United States Navy and reversed course.<\/span><\/p>\n

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> over 10,000 American sailors, airmen, and Marines are involved in the blockade, working from over a dozen warships. In addition to enforcing the blockade, these U.S. forces are \u201csupporting freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade and six merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,\u201d CENTCOM reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

As night fell across the Persian Gulf region, CENTCOM posted an image of an F-35B stealth fighter preparing to take off from the USS <\/span>Tripoli, <\/span><\/i>an amphibious assault ship that resembles a small aircraft carrier:<\/span><\/p>\n

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