Chinese container ship “Cosco Shipping Aries” is unloaded at a loading terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany, on July 27, 2018. Fabian Bimmer/Reuters
Two container ships operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings turned back while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz early on March 27, according to ship-tracking data.
The vessels, CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean, attempted to transit the strait but reversed course at around 3:20 a.m. and 3:50 a.m. UTC, ship-tracking service MarineTraffic said in a March 27 post on X.
