Iran forced to stockpile crude oil on tankers as US blockade continues

NewsWorldMiddle EastIran forced to stockpile crude oil on tankers as US blockade continuesThe loss of Iranian supply adds to wider market tightness as the war has effectively closed the Straight of HormuzNerijus Adomaitis & Ahmad GhaddarThursday 30 April 2026 17:22 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968292","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-oil-strait-hormuz-tankers-trump-b2968292.html","title":"Iran forced to stockpile crude oil on tankers as US blockade continues"}}CloseIran issues new warning to Trump on ‘a future without America’ in the GulfOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Middle East","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}A US naval blockade of Iranian ports...