FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin An increasing number of empty supertankers are turning away from the Persian Gulf amid escalating Iranian attacks, raising concerns over the security of a key maritime hub for oil transfers and the continued movement of crude through the Strait of Hormuz. According to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, at least 10 very large crude carriers (VLCCs), along with several Suezmax tankers, have stopped or reversed course in recent days while approaching Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. RelatedNews Iran accuses US forces of misusing maritime distress channel in Persian Gulf Four vessels struck by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21411035_0_6acf4e1901673 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21411035","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4500,639,308,2647,239","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_i