Ship-to-Ship Relays Are Moving Cargo Across the Strait of Hormuz in Two Stages

At a Glance One Tanker Met Fifteen Counterparts in Ninety Days Between May 27 and August 27, 2026, Windward tracked a Barbados-flagged product tanker of roughly 40,000 deadweight tonnes across two anchorage clusters at opposite ends of the Strait of Hormuz. Inside the Gulf, it worked the Basrah and Kuwait anchorages. Outside, it worked Fujairah…