Loaded LNG Tanker Transits Strait of Hormuz for First Time Since Start of Iran Conflict
The first loaded LNG tanker has exited the Strait of Hormuz since the war in Iran started two months ago, according to ship-tracking data. A loaded crude supertanker is also attempting to exit the waterway. These movements occur amid ongoing reviews of a potential peace deal.
upi.comThe first loaded LNG tanker has exited the Strait of Hormuz since the war in Iran began two months ago, ZeroHedge reported. The Mubaraz LNG tanker, loaded at ADNOC's Das Island facility in Abu Dhabi in early March, turned off its transponder around March 31 and reappeared west of India on Monday.
Bloomberg ship-tracking data shows the vessel approaching the southern tip of Sri Lanka and signaling China as its port of call.
The first loaded crude supertanker is attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz, ZeroHedge reported. The Idemitsu Maru supertanker, operated by the tanker unit of Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and loaded with crude, left its holding position near Abu Dhabi late Monday. Bloomberg ship-tracking data indicates it appears to be exiting the strait early Tuesday.
These transits follow the war in Iran that began two months ago, disrupting the critical waterway. A separate Bloomberg report by Weilun Soon identified the crude tanker's movement. The developments come as a national security team reviews an Iranian peace deal that would end the two-month war and reopen the Hormuz chokepoint, while deferring nuclear negotiations to a later date, according to ZeroHedge.
