A small number of non-Iranian ships have begun passage through the Strait of Hormuz after days in which the critical global oil chokepoint was nearly empty.
On Sunday, a Pakistani-flagged Aframax crude tanker named Karachi passed through the strait while broadcasting its location publicly, carrying crude oil from Abu Dhabi and becoming one of the first clearly identifiable non-Iranian vessels to transit the passage openly since shipping collapsed earlier this month.
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