A Panamax bulk carrier named Verbier, with a capacity of approximately 70,000 tons of dry bulk cargo, is transporting corn to the Bandar Imam Khomeini port in Iran. Vessel‑tracking data from Bloomberg and Kpler show the ship crossed the U.S. naval blockade line outside the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf. The Verbier was last detected on June 12 outside the Strait, disappeared from tracking systems, and reappeared inside the Gulf on June 17. Earlier, on June 7 the vessel travelled through the Red Sea to the coast of Oman before making an abrupt u‑turn toward India and heading back toward the Persian Gulf two days later. A second Panamax bulk carrier, Kmax Evdokia, also carrying corn from Argentina and Brazil, was last detected on June 13 outside the Strait, vanished from public tracking, and reappeared on June 16 off the western coast of the United Arab Emirates; it is currently moored at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi. Iranian media reported on Tuesday that the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, which began in mid‑April, is being lifted. These movements occur ahead of a planned U.S.–Iran interim peace agreement to reopen the waterway. The article was generated with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor.