Tim Wilkins, managing director at Intertanko, a commerce physique representing unbiased tanker homeowners and operators, informed the BBC there was “no structured convoy or co-ordination mechanism in place” and members have been asking, “who initiates these transits? Who communicates with the authorities on behalf of the vessel? And, certainly – a vital one – what’s the fallback if a vessel is challenged by Iranian forces in the course of the transit?”
