Shadow fleet under fire: Iran’s strait shutdown could squeeze Russia’s war chest, China’s oil lifeline
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Iran strikes threaten shadow oil routes used by Russia and China, as Tehran closes Strait of Hormuz and Western powers target sanctions-evasion networks.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Oil tanker traffic immediately fell sharply as merchant seamen now fear missile strikes, but the conflict has also affected the so-called "shadow fleet" of unflagged or surreptitiously flagged oil tankers connected to economically isolated countries like Cuba, Iran and Russia. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
The U.S. has already set up a quasi naval quarantine of oil imports to Cuba, while countries like Mexico have been warned against sending oil to malign regimes. Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.
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