One Iranian oil tanker may have slipped through a US blockade of the Persian Gulf state’s shipping, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite imagery to monitor vessel movements.
A man paddles on the beach as a ship is seen in the background on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz..
With every day that the war drags on, the shortfall gets bigger and a market reckoning draws nearer.
TOPSHOT - In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guards on May 4 denied that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, after the US military earlier said two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Photographer: AMIRHOSSEIN KHORGOOEI/AFP
Ukraine said that it hit a Russian export-oriented refinery and oil-pumping station in Kirishi near the Baltic coast, as Kyiv ramps up attacks ahead of planned Victory Day ceasefires.
May 5 satellite imagery from NASA FIRMS suggests fire at the major oil refinery in Kirishi