Video released by the US Navy shows a supertanker being swarmed by speedboats. The capture of the Niovi, a Greek owned vessel capable of carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil, is the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days. Host Marco Werman speaks with Rockford Weitz, director of Maritime Studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, about this latest incident in the Strait of Hormuz, its potential impact on shipping, and what it says about the safety of vessels passing through the waters off Iran.
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