The US denied involvement in the rerouting of Qatari LNG tanker "Al Areesh", the first Qatari LNG vessel to resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz after more than three weeks. Al Areesh loaded at Ras Laffan in early July and remained in the Persian Gulf; AIS showed it transit the Strait of Hormuz early Thursday with Pakistan listed as destination. Vessel-tracking data place the ship near Muscat and show its ETA to Pakistan pushed from July 31 to Aug. 6. CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said US

The US denied involvement in the rerouting of Qatari LNG tanker "Al Areesh", the first Qatari LNG vessel to resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz after more than three weeks. Al Areesh loaded at Ras Laffan in early July and remained in the Persian Gulf; AIS showed it transit the Strait of Hormuz early Thursday with Pakistan listed as destination. Vessel-tracking data place the ship near Muscat and show its ETA to Pakistan pushed from July 31 to Aug. 6. CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said US forces did not arrange the course change. A source said the vessel had received instructions from Iranian authorities to suspend the voyage to Pakistan.