FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On 20 May, US forces briefly boarded and redirected the oil tanker Celestial Sea in the Gulf of Oman after suspecting it was attempting to breach the US blockade on Iranian ports. At the time, the tanker’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) listed Khor Fakkan in the UAE as its destination. US authorities, however, believed the declared destination was inaccurate and intercepted the vessel. RelatedNews Major shipping organizations issue guidance for safe Hormuz transits NATO denies plans for a potential mission in Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21373429_0_6a0ef4e86e85e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373429","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2594,4346,239,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","google_desktop":"auto","go