[🇮🇷] United States will Sanction Pakistan if it goes ahead with Iran-Pakistan Pipeline

[Sharma Ji]

Ok, AI sez:

...they have been actively developing their own shipbuilding capabilities and have built several tankers, including one for a foreign customer, according to OilPrice.com. They also have a fleet of tankers, including VLCCs and Suezmax tankers, that are increasingly being used to transport Iranian crude oil, according to NDTV Profit. Iran's National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is also involved in the construction and purchase of new tankers.
Reliance on its own fleet:
Iran is increasingly relying on its own fleet to transport crude oil, particularly as sanctions and international shipping companies' reactions to those sanctions have impacted their ability to use other tankers, according to NDTV Profit.
Self-sufficiency:
Iranian officials have stated that they are self-sufficient in building ships and don't need foreign assistance, according to OilPrice.com
Expanding the fleet:
Iran is actively expanding its tanker fleet through new construction and purchase, including a project to replace 25 tankers with a total capacity of 6 million tons, according to Wikipedia
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no ULCCs

Strait of Hormuz - Types of Tankers - The Strauss Center

Oil tankers are loosely classified based on their carrying capacity in deadweight tons (DWT), which is the total weight of the ship (including cargo, crew, provisions, etc.) minus the weight of the ship if it were empty. It is likely that attackers would focus on the largest tankers to maximize…

www.strausscenter.org

bc info ni mil rahi, and my nerdy khujli is happening.

anyway.. Japan for the win again ! @Lulldapull

Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Sharma Ji]

How do we get our oil from them? How is the crude transported?

regular VLCC and smaller ones, Iran India is a short route. We get from everywhere.

interestingly, just saw this:

The largest Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) to dock in India was the MSC Türkiye, which arrived at Vizhinjam International Seaport in April 2025. This vessel is one of the largest and most fuel-efficient container ships in the world, capable of loading around 24,346 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The MSC Türkiye's docking marked a significant milestone for India's first deepwater transshipment port and for the country's maritime industry.

They can only come alongside at deepwater ports, or they remain at sea and smaller (still huge) ships pe offload karte hai, ship to ship.

 

[Sharma Ji]

oh wait, that's a container.. wtf google AI ..

 

[Sharma Ji]

Jahre Viking was 6th biggest

they come to die in Gujrat

ULCC Knock Nevis Scrapped at Alang Ship Breaking Yard

It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service.It was converted to a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) in 2004, moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field. The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed...

www.seanews.com.tr

mujhe mat halal karo, she cried ! : (

 

[Lulldapull]

Ok, AI sez:

...they have been actively developing their own shipbuilding capabilities and have built several tankers, including one for a foreign customer, according to OilPrice.com. They also have a fleet of tankers, including VLCCs and Suezmax tankers, that are increasingly being used to transport Iranian crude oil, according to NDTV Profit. Iran's National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is also involved in the construction and purchase of new tankers.
Reliance on its own fleet:
Iran is increasingly relying on its own fleet to transport crude oil, particularly as sanctions and international shipping companies' reactions to those sanctions have impacted their ability to use other tankers, according to NDTV Profit.
Self-sufficiency:
Iranian officials have stated that they are self-sufficient in building ships and don't need foreign assistance, according to OilPrice.com
Expanding the fleet:
Iran is actively expanding its tanker fleet through new construction and purchase, including a project to replace 25 tankers with a total capacity of 6 million tons, according to Wikipedia
--------
no ULCCs

Strait of Hormuz - Types of Tankers - The Strauss Center

Oil tankers are loosely classified based on their carrying capacity in deadweight tons (DWT), which is the total weight of the ship (including cargo, crew, provisions, etc.) minus the weight of the ship if it were empty. It is likely that attackers would focus on the largest tankers to maximize…

www.strausscenter.org

bc info ni mil rahi, and my nerdy khujli is happening.

anyway.. Japan for the win again ! @Lulldapull

Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Saaray oceans per iran nay tail say luddhay super tanker kharray ker diye hain.

Not only its own crude but Iraqi and also Russian crude too bhai......

$2 per barrel cum per tail lena hae, bring your tanker along and unload millions of barrels bhai......jitna lena hae lay lo......no problem. Pay in either cash money or crypto......

One goes away another comes to replace it like clockwork.

32 hain parked everywhere around de oceans........

Trump sahb can do lund about it. And if he does do anything, Iran will capture US ships in two minutes or those of its muzlim proxies.