Iran strikes again at Procopiou’s fleet

A second tanker managed by Greek shipowner George Procopiou’s Dynacom Tankers Management has been struck in the Strait of Hormuz, as commercial traffic through the waterway fell to a near standstill and more than 700 tankers gathered in the wider region.

The 306,000-deadweight-tonne Acheloos, a Liberian-flagged very large crude carrier delivered earlier this year, was hit by a projectile on Monday while sailing off Oman, according to a TradeWinds report....