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10 Japan-Linked Ships Exit Strait of Hormuz in Major Convoy
The convoy includes five supertankers, two chemical tankers and a car carrier as the number of trapped oil tankers falls to a handful.
- On Monday, a fleet of 10 Japan-linked vessels began exiting the Strait of Hormuz, while a supertanker carrying Saudi crude for South Korean refiner S-Oil completed its transit on Saturday.
- Stranded for months due to the Iran war, the vessels previously attempted to cross via a route near Oman before abandoning those efforts over the weekend to switch paths.
- Most of the 10 ships are managed by Japanese shipper Mitsui OSK Lines, including six very large crude carriers loaded with 12 million barrels of Middle Eastern crude, two chemical tankers, a vehicle carrier, and a container ship.
- These vessels concluded their transits by shifting to a route closer to Iran, which has repeatedly stated that it only permits ships to cross that have received its specific authorization.
- Successfully completing this crossing would reduce the number of large oil tankers trapped in the Persian Gulf to just a handful, a significant decline from more than 100 in early March.
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The group consists of six oil supertankers, two chemicals, a transporter and a containerist, which have been blocked in the region for several months.
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