The Paya Lebar has made its third Strait of Hormuz crossing in two months, navigating a tense security landscape, reports Seatrade Maritime News.
The 4,211 TEU Antigua-Barbuda flagged Paya Lebar has completed its third transit of the Strait of Hormuz in less than two months, despite the tense security situation, reports the UK's Seatrade Maritime News.
Operated by Singapore-headquartered SeaLead Shipping, the vessel arrived in Jebel Ali on 27 May after leaving Sohar, Oman, five days earlier. Tracking data showed its AIS transponder was only intermittently active since departing Kandla, India, on May 15.
The Paya Lebar first crossed westbound into the Gulf on April 13, calling at Jebel Ali, Khalifa, and Hamad ports. It then transited eastbound on April 28, returning to India before sailing again from Kandla on May 13.
SeaLead was forced to offhire nearly a third of its fleet in 2025 when chartered vessels were hit with Iran sanctions. In July last year, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 16 ships linked to the company, which SeaLead said it quickly terminated.
In March this year, the US Department of Justice filed civil forfeiture complaints seeking to seize US$2.4 million allegedly intended for SeaLead Shipping and its Indian subsidiary. The action was part of a broader case targeting $15.3 million tied to a sanctions-evasion network linked to Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader.
