Chinese Tankers Turn Back from Challenging U.S. Blockade, Others Pass Strait of Hormuz Safely

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/04/14/chinese-tankers-turn-back-challenging-u-s-blockade-others-pass-strait-hormuz-safely/

Tuesday was the first full day of the U.S. blockade of Iran and the first day after the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz was open to international shipping. According to ship tracking data, at least eight ships passed through the strait, which remains far below its pre-war level of about 130 ships per day.

Two sanctioned tankers linked to China appear to have changed their minds about challenging the United States Navy and reversed course.

“During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade and six merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” CENTCOM reported.

It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
INB4 rage.

I only started raging when I saw Breitbart lol.


I just can't do it, brother. That's like a Carl Levin website.


Other than that I swear to you I was fairly calm :)

This. bunch of joooosssss

Do magatards think US sailors should obey orders to fire on unarmed civilians if they dont comply?

INB4 another "laundry fire" or "toilet back up" that occurred once they entered Iranian waters.

They don't always fire on other ships in blockades, sometimes they board them, either by sailing up next to them or by helicopter to physically take control. Doubt they would do that either though

Now we know which Chinese ships were probably carrying the nukes for Iran. Only way to know for sure is to shoot at them, if they sink then they were innocent.

Haha yeah, I know how you feel about Bretibart.

The thing with Breitbart is, you have to know going in that they are an Israel first news outlet, but that doesnt negate their overall coverage, etc. You just have to navigate that aspect of it.