{"id":44569,"date":"2026-03-13T21:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T01:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44569"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T01:55:40","slug":"lured-by-profits-some-shipowners-brave-mines-and-missiles-to-sneak-oil-past-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44569","title":{"rendered":"Lured by Profits, Some Shipowners Brave Mines and Missiles to Sneak Oil Past Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13T132054Z_226068626_RC2B2KAV46KA_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-WARFARE-1536x1028.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:165px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A handful of Greek shipowners have sent crude oil and dry bulk tankers through the&nbsp;Strait of Hormuz&nbsp;during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, risking destruction from mines, missiles and drones for a chance at millions of dollars in quick profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/lured-by-profits-some-shipowners-brave-mines-and-missiles-to-sneak-oil-past-iran\/\">Lured by Profits, Some Shipowners Brave Mines and Missiles to Sneak Oil Past Iran<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>for some reasons, greek shippers are ready to take the risk. heard this from <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=4073\/#sal-shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sal<\/a> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The voyages are among the most daring by shipowners since Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen made his fortune in the \u201ctanker wars\u201d of the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq conflict, when his vessels risked missile fire to load and then transport crude oil cargoes from the conflict area.<br>&#8230;<br>\u201cThe risks are huge. But the sea has always been a risky business,\u201d said a Greek shipowner involved in the voyages who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the trade.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A handful of Greek shipowners have sent crude oil and dry bulk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44569"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44578,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44569\/revisions\/44578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}