{"id":4451,"date":"2026-07-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikhailinvest.com\/hormuz-tanker-crossings-sink-to-lowest-level-since-may-as-war-risk-spikes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:30:00","slug":"hormuz-tanker-crossings-sink-to-lowest-level-since-may-as-war-risk-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikhailinvest.com\/ru\/hormuz-tanker-crossings-sink-to-lowest-level-since-may-as-war-risk-spikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hormuz Tanker Crossings Sink to Lowest Level Since May as War Risk Spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only one oil tanker transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the lowest number of crossings since May 7, as war risks spiked this week to hike crude oil prices above $100 per barrel again.<\/p>\n

Three tankers transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, but this number crumbled to just one on Thursday, according to Kpler\u2019s vessel-tracking data cited by \u0420\u0435\u0439\u0442\u0435\u0440<\/a> \u0432 \u043f\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0443.<\/p>\n

The New Giant, a supertanker loaded with about 2 million barrels of Basrah crude from Iraq, exited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with China\u2019s Rizhao port expected to welcome it in the middle of August, the data showed.<\/p>\n

At the same time, no tanker made an inbound transit through the Strait into the Persian Gulf on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Traffic at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea held relatively high despite the Houthi attacks on vessels<\/a> and threats of blockade at Saudi Arabia\u2019s key export valve in the absence of Hormuz traffic.<\/p>\n

However, some tankers were observed to have turned north in the Red Sea, toward the Suez Canal, to avoid being targeted by the Houthis, the Iran-aligned group in Yemen which emerged as the new threat to oil supply from the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Voyages from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, and around the southern tip of Africa make the delivery time of energy commodities to Asia three times longer than through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.<\/p>\n

Aramco, the Saudi oil giant that had managed to re-route most of its shipments away from Hormuz via Bab el-Mandeb, has begun offering crude loadings at Sidi Kerir, the Egyptian port on the Mediterranean, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther escalation in the Persian Gulf and fears of a widening conflict are putting a significant amount of oil supply at risk,\u201d ING commodity analysts \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b<\/a> in a note on Friday, pointing out the Houthis\u2019 attacks on Saudi tankers in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and President Trump\u2019s fresh threats<\/a> against Iran.<\/p>\n

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