Three Tankers Exit Hormuz with Transponders Off

Three Tankers Exit Hormuz with Transponders Off

Two supertankers and one LNG tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week with their transponders switched off, heading for India and China, according to LSEG and Kpler shipping data. The vessels joined a number of tankers leaving the Gulf, though overall traffic remains limited.

Eagle Veracruz and Nissos Keros Routes

The VLCC Eagle Veracruz, carrying 2 million barrels of crude from Saudi Arabia, is heading to Quanzhou port in China. Another VLCC, Nissos Keros, with 1.8 million barrels of Das crude from the UAE, is expected at Visakhapatnam port in India.

Hua Lin Wan and Umm Al Ashtan

Chinese-flagged Hua Lin Wan, loaded with naphtha from Kuwait, is en route to Huizhou port. LNG tanker Umm Al Ashtan, after loading at Das Island, is now off Oman sailing eastward, signaling for India.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has severely curtailed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route for about a fifth of global oil and LNG supply. Pre-war daily passages averaged 125-140, while now some 20,000 seafarers remain stranded on hundreds of ships in the Gulf.