Weilun Soon
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Various Tankers Shuttle Saudi Oil North to Evade Houthis (opens the original)
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Shipowners including Sinokor Group are helping Saudi Arabian crude exit the Red Sea via the safer northern route, as Iran-backed militants target the kingdom's exports via the Bab el Mandeb chokepoint in the south. State-owned Saudi Aramco has been exporting more oil from ports such as Sidi Kerir in the Mediterranean Sea after Yemen-based Houthis started targeting ships that had loaded at the Red Sea export terminal at Yanbu. Over the past month, vessels controlled by South Korea's Sinokor, Gree
3 Chinese Supertankers Abort Hormuz Attempt (opens the original)
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(Update) August, 19, 2026, 3:02 PM GMT: Article updated to show another u-turn and secretive crossings. Three China-linked supertankers have U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz as risks to shipping remain elevated, with prospects for a normalization of traffic dimming after President Donald Trump took a hard line on Iran. The Sea V, laden with Iraqi crude, was heading toward Hormuz from the Persian Gulf on Tuesday when it turned around, and is now idling near the entrance to the strait, ship-tracki
3 Chinese Supertankers Abort Hormuz Attempt (opens the original)
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(Update) August, 19, 2026, 3:02 PM GMT: Article updated to show another u-turn and secretive crossings. Three China-linked supertankers have U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz as risks to shipping remain elevated, with prospects for a normalization of traffic dimming after President Donald Trump took a hard line on Iran. The Sea V, laden with Iraqi crude, was heading toward Hormuz from the Persian Gulf on Tuesday when it turned around, and is now idling near the entrance to the strait, ship-tracki
Supertankers on Mideast Route Reach $510K a Day in Earnings (opens the original)
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Earnings for a supertanker procuring crude oil from within the Persian Gulf to Asia are nearing a two-month high, as exporters hunt for more vessels to deliver the fuel via the Strait of Hormuz even as the security situation remains uncertain. Assessed earnings for the Middle East-to-China route jumped to nearly $510,000 a day on Monday, the highest since late June, according to data from the Baltic Exchange, when Iran resumed striking several ships transiting the strait. Separately, a very larg
Hormuz Traffic Shows Defiance (opens the original)
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Shipping across the crucial Strait of Hormuz has picked up in recent days despite a continuation of hostilities in the Middle East, with the US claiming its navy escorted some tankers across the waterway. The Al Areesh openly exited the Persian Gulf early Thursday carrying a liquefied natural gas cargo from Qatar, the country's first shipment in three weeks, while the liquefied petroleum gas carrier CYH Yongchun appeared to transit the strait with its transponder off, according to ship-tracking
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