Japanese Oil Tanker Idemitsu Maru Arrives in Aichi After Passing Strait of Hormuz

The Idemitsu Maru, an oil tanker owned by energy conglomerate Idemitsu Kosan, docked at a pier off Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, around noon on Monday. The ship had passed through the Strait of Hormuz in late April carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia. The tanker delivered approximately 2 million barrels of crude oil.

The cargo will be processed at Idemitsu Kosan’s Chita refinery, which produces gasoline and naphtha for industrial use. Japan Times reported that this marks the first return of a Japanese oil tanker through the strait since the Iran war began.