Four Iran-linked ships transit Strait of Hormuz, tracking shows

By Joshua Cheetham and Shruti Menon Ship tracking data analysed by BBC Verify shows four Iran-linked ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz despite Washington’s naval blockade beginning. Two of those ships had visited Iranian ports according to MarineTraffic. Its data shows a bulk carrier, Christianna, crossed the strait on Monday after the blockade began having called at Iran’s Bandar Iman Khomeini, according to ship-tracking data. The Rich Starry, sanctioned by the US for Iran-related trade,