According to data from shipping tracking company Kpler, about 80% of the ships that have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past two weeks have completed their passage this way: turn off the automatic identification system transponder and sail as far away from Iran as possible along the side of Oman. As a result, this stealth shipping operation is helping to maintain the Gulf's oil supply to the outside world and prevent the already severe energy crisis from causing international crude oil prices to soar further.

According to data from shipping tracking company Kpler, about 80% of the ships that have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past two weeks have completed their passage this way: turn off the automatic identification system transponder and sail as far away from Iran as possible along the side of Oman. As a result, this stealth shipping operation is helping to maintain the Gulf's oil supply to the outside world and prevent the already severe energy crisis from causing international crude oil prices to soar further.