Japan-Bound Oil Tanker Clears Strait of Hormuz Amid Iranian Crackdown

A tanker carrying crude oil to Japan has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported today, citing data from LSEG. This is only the second Japan-bound tanker to make it through the chokepoint since the U. S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February.

Citing data from Kpler, Reuters also reported that the tanker is carrying 1. 2 million barrels of Kuwaiti crude and another 700,000 barrels of Emirati crude. The cargoes were loaded in late February, Kpler said. The tanker is the property of Eneos.