Two giant ocean-going tankers collided and caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz energy chokepoint, rattling global oil and shipping markets that have been on high alert since Israel attacked Iran.

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Crude oil tanker Adalynn, part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet,” caught fire after colliding with another tanker, Front Eagle, in the Gulf of Oman on June 17.