A growing number of ships are escaping the Strait of Hormuz using a risky route close to Oman’s coastline that shipping executives have warned could result in a collision.
About 15 ships per day are going in and out via the Omani route, protected by US air cover, according to two people with knowledge of the transits, who said most of them were oil tankers. Two more confirmed the practice of using the route with US assistance.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday on his Truth Social platform that “Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz”.