Strait of Hormuz. Iran has managed to send out some cooking gas and jet fuel by sea since July, even though a US naval blockade is in place. The cargoes are small compared with what Iran used to export, but they show that a few shipments are still slipping through. According to Reuters, four people in maritime security who track oil movements in the Gulf say Iran has been hiding these shipments in recent weeks. The trick is to blend them in with a growing number of ship-to-ship transfers by other Gulf producers off the coast of Oman. Reuters says…
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