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Four liquefied earthy state tankers controlled by Qatar were heading into the Strait of Hormuz connected Monday (June 22, 2026), contempt a autumn successful vessel postulation after Iran announced that it had again closed the waterway implicit the weekend, shipping information showed.
The tankers - Wadi Al Sail, Mekaines, Al Sadd and Mesaimeer- were entering the strait via the Iranian way for the first clip since the U.S.-Israeli warfare with Iran started, shiptracking information from analytics steadfast Kpler showed. QatarEnergy, whose LNG exports person been heavy curbed since the warfare began connected February 28, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
The Marshall Islands-flagged adust bulk vessel Summit Success besides entered the Gulf connected Monday (June 22, 2026), LSEG information showed.
Five vessels passed the strait connected Sunday (June 21, 2026), from 26 ships spotted a time earlier, Kpler information showed. These included 3 Very Large Crude Carriers carrying 2 cardinal barrels of Saudi crude and substance lipid each, 1 of which was heading to Japan.
There could beryllium much ships plying the strait with their transponders switched off. Iran lifted its effectual blockade of Hormuz past week aft agreeing with the United States to widen an April ceasefire for 60 days to let for bid negotiations, but Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) declared the waterway unopen erstwhile again, successful response to Israeli strikes successful Lebanon.
Oil exports moving
The U.S. Central Command said 55 merchant ships transited the strait connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) with much than 17 cardinal barrels of lipid for planetary markets.
Among the ships that exited the strait connected Saturday (June 20, 2026), there were 3 VLCCs carrying crude from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq, and determination were 3 tankers carrying assorted lipid products, the information showed.
There were 13 ships that entered the strait connected Saturday (June 20, 2026), including 2 VLCCs, the information showed.
Over 25 cardinal barrels of Iranian lipid person passed done the virtual blockade enactment since Monday (June 15, 2026), the caput of the National Iranian Oil Company, Hamid Bovard, told authorities TV connected Sunday (June 21, 2026).
Gulf producers Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Kuwait Petroleum Corp person issued tenders selling crude with the enactment of loading from wrong and extracurricular the Strait of Hormuz. Two vessels operated by South Korea besides passed done the strait aft the U.S. and Iran signed their interim bid woody past week, Seoul’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said connected Monday (June 22, 2026), without naming them.
Meanwhile, two ADNOC-controlled LNG tankers were delivering cargoes to India connected Monday (June 22, 2026), having exited the strait recently, Kpler and LSEG information showed.
The Al Hamra tanker was discharging astatine the Ennore LNG terminal, portion the tanker Mubaraz was acceptable to offload its cargo astatine the Kochi terminal on June 23, the information showed. Both tankers were past seen successful ballast and eastbound of the strait successful precocious May to aboriginal June, earlier reappearing again connected shiptracking information implicit the weekend, located disconnected the seashore of India loaded with cargoes.
ADNOC did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. Al Hamra and Mubaraz person each present completed 2 “dark” voyages retired of Hormuz since the warfare started.
