Khaberni - An LNG-laden tanker crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from "Kepler", in the first passage of its kind since the strategic waterway was closed at the beginning of March against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East.
According to "Kepler" data analyzed by Agence France-Presse, the LNG tanker "Mubarez" owned by the Emirati national company ADNOC, left the waters of the Gulf in April with 132,890 cubic meters of LNG on board, navigating through the Strait of Hormuz which usually sees five oil and LNG shipments pass through.
The tanker was loaded at Das Island in the UAE on March 2, and its transceiver was turned off at the end of the month for a full month before it resumed broadcasting on Monday off the coast of India.
Charles Costerus, an analyst at Kepler, wrote in a note, "It is likely that it succeeded in crossing the strait over the weekend of the 18th and 19th of April, when several ships tried to cross, among them seven LNG tankers," however the exact date has not been verified yet.
Before this vessel, only one LNG tanker, "Sohar LNG", managed to cross the strait since March 1, but it was either empty or with a very light load.
The LNG market is considered the biggest victim of the consequences of closing the Strait of Hormuz.
As for oil supplies, which represent another key market for the global economy, more than seventy crude oil tankers have exited the Gulf since March 1, most of them coming from Iran.
Generally, the movement through the Strait of Hormuz has declined by approximately 95% under the dual Iranian and American closure of the strait following the outbreak of the war with the United States and Israel launching attacks on Iran on February 28.
