SINGAPORE: Three stranded supertankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, while seven empty Qatar-linked liquefied natural gas tankers have entered in recent weeks in an early sign Gulf gas shipping may be resuming, ship-tracking data showed. Iranian-linked tankers also continued to transit the vital waterway, according to the data, with traffic picking up on Monday as US-Iran talks progressed.
More crude oil cargoes stranded in the Gulf since the start of the war are expected to make their way out now, analysts say, while a growing number of sanctioned tankers have been plying the strait to load and export Iranian oil after the US waived sanctions.
Two Trafigura-operated Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), each carrying 2 million barrels of crude, exited the strait on Tuesday. One, Dubai Energy, was chartered by Taiwanese state energy firm CPC, and the second, Legio X Equestris, was chartered by TotalEnergies, LSEG and Kpler data showed. Another VLCC, Universal Glory, chartered by South Korean refiner GS Caltex, also left the strait on Tuesday with 2 million barrels of Saudi crude onboard, the data showed. — Reuters
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