The tanker, AVA 6, departed from a port in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Beijing time. It passed through the Strait of Hormuz sometime between 4am and 2pm on Thursday, according to data from Mingkun Technology, a Chinese maritime information provider based in Chongqing.
The transit of the tanker was also recorded by vessel-tracking website MarineTraffic, which showed the oil and chemical tanker AVA 6 was in the Gulf of Oman as of Friday.
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The registered owner of AVA 6 is Hong Kong-based Standwill Shipping Ltd, according to shipping data and software firm MagicPort.
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Standwill Shipping could not be reached for comment. It is not clear if the vessel is operated or managed by other companies, which is not uncommon in shipping.
The tracking company noted that it was still unclear whether the Hong Kong-flagged AVA 6 had breached or challenged the US blockade, despite successfully passing through the strait.
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“The blockade area is located roughly in the Gulf of Oman, so it cannot be said that the ship passed through the blockade,” the Chongqing-based company said.
According to the Chinese tracking company, of the six ships monitored entering or departing the Strait of Hormuz within the 24-hour period until 5pm Thursday, the AVA 6 was the only one under a Chinese-linked flag. The AVA 6 was one of three ships leaving the strait. The other two carried flags of the Bahamas and Comoros.
