At least three tankers entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, shipping data from LSEG and Kpler shows.

The Panama-flagged Peace Gulf is heading to Hamriyah port in the United Arab Emirates after transiting the new route between the islands of Larak and Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has ordered all vessels to take.

Earlier, two United States-sanctioned tankers, the Rich Starry and the Elpis, passed through the strategic narrow waterway. As the three vessels transiting the strait were not heading to Iranian ports, they are not affected by the US blockade, which took effect on Monday.