18th Hormuz crossing

Update: 18th April Hormuz – What an eventful day it has been – flurry of activities and reported incidents after a quiet of some days from the ceasefire.

Trump's tweet about the strait being open, led to a mad rush out, only to be told by IRGC (Sepah) Navy over VHF that – 'the strait was closed/restricted'.

Some vessels fearing the worst and having been stuck the past 8 weeks in the Persian Gulf – made the dash for it. Some others were attacked while making a transit out, including a cargo vessel Bhagya Laxmi – which is now stranded in the smack in the center of the strait and has reported in for damaged containers.

Couple of tankers were fired on and made a hasty retreat, was it confusion, desperation or something else.. time will tell.

5 cruisers likely also made a dash for it by the southern corridor. Although one reported to have been fired on, but the projectile landed away from it. A number other tankers, cargo and small ships made it out – including half a dozen sanctioned vessels.

Wonder what Sun and Mon will bring us.. Taco Tuesday would likely be eventful as Wed the current ceasefire ends!