Iran-Linked LPG Tanker Sails Past US Navy’s Blockade Line

By Weilun Soon

May 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A liquefied petroleum gas carrier, which has previously ferried Iranian cargoes, has sailed past the blockade boundary announced last month by the US Navy.

Very large gas carrier Tara Gas crossed the formal US line — stretching from Oman’s Ras al Hadd to the Iran-Pakistan border — late on Tuesday and is currently sailing in a southeasterly direction in the Arabian Sea, ship-tracking data show. 

Since the US declared it would impose a blockade in response to Iran’s tightening grip on the Strait of Hormuz, warships have intercepted some vessels well beyond this point,