Two Tankers Carrying Oil and Gas Exit Strait of Hormuz to Pakistan and China

Shipping data revealed that a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz heading toward Pakistan on Monday. Meanwhile, on Saturday, a tanker loaded with Iraqi crude oil departed the Gulf en route to China after being stationary there for almost three months.

These two vessels are among a limited number of large tankers that have left the Gulf this month via a route mandated by Iran for ships to use, according to Reuters.

Last week, three massive oil tankers sailed to China and South Korea carrying a total of six million barrels of crude oil.

Data from the London Exchanges Group and Kpler indicated that the LNG tanker named "Fuerit" was passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and is expected to unload its cargo in Pakistan on Tuesday.

The vessel, operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan and flying the flag of the Bahamas, had loaded liquefied natural gas at Qatar's Ras Laffan port around March 28.

Separately, shipping data from the same sources showed that the supertanker "Eagle Verona," which left the Strait on Saturday, is scheduled to arrive at the port of Ningbo in eastern China on June 12 to discharge its cargo.

This Singapore-flagged tanker, chartered by Unipic—the trading arm of Sinopec, Asia's largest refining company—had loaded nearly two million barrels of Basra crude around February 26.

Before the outbreak of the war, the average daily shipping traffic through the strait ranged between 125 and 140 voyages. Currently, approximately 20,000 sailors remain stranded in the Gulf aboard hundreds of vessels.

There are reports of a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran concerning the Strait of Hormuz.