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2026-06-20 Economy

Not a big line of empty tankers streaming towards the Strait of Hormuz yet for some reason(s)

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Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-06-20 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

1 Maybe no one trusts Iran and its collection of terrorist groups to honor the peace even a week. Plus the mined waters need clearing.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-20 03:40|| 2026-06-20 03:40|| Front Page Top

2 /\ Yes. Little things like these. Trust the IRGC not to be nuts. Trust mines not to still be present. Little things like those.

I don't think I can hate them enough.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-06-20 06:14|| 2026-06-20 06:14|| Front Page Top

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May not be a big line in the Strait of Hormuz right now.

But, China currently has 9,388 Tanker ships deployed world wide at this minute. An given its sources of Oil are getting smaller everyday. (All thanks to Trump). It will get even more interesting for China in the next few months as its emergency supplies are tapped more and more.

www.vesselfinder.com

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-20 06:42|| 2026-06-20 06:42|| Front Page Top

4 Opps correction 1,526 Tanker ships...

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-20 06:43|| 2026-06-20 06:43|| Front Page Top

5 China in the next few months as its emergency supplies are tapped more and more.

Ah.. if the generals had actually bought emergency supplies and not filled the emergency supply storage sites with "actual shit"..
Xi has a crooked generals problem..

Posted by 3dc 2026-06-20 07:47|| 2026-06-20 07:47|| Front Page Top

6 China? Let them eat solar panels.

Posted by Regular joe 2026-06-20 12:41|| 2026-06-20 12:41|| Front Page Top

7 I thought Chinese had more coal plants than the rest of the world.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-20 12:48|| 2026-06-20 12:48|| Front Page Top

8 They do, Grom.

More than the rest of the world combined.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-06-20 15:54|| 2026-06-20 15:54|| Front Page Top

9 Then they don't need Arab oil.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-20 16:18|| 2026-06-20 16:18|| Front Page Top

10 ^ There are things you can do with oil besides burn it. It is the raw material for plastics, textiles, chemicals, etc.

Posted by SteveS 2026-06-20 16:51|| 2026-06-20 16:51|| Front Page Top

11 ^If they needed that oil they'd told Iran to pipe down.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-20 17:16|| 2026-06-20 17:16|| Front Page Top

12 They can’t use coal for petrol vehicles: motorbikes, automobiles, buses, auto rickshaws, aircraft. And that’s just the civilian side. Without fuel their military is dead in the water.

Posted by Difar Dave 2026-06-20 18:49|| 2026-06-20 18:49|| Front Page Top

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