Hormuz tanker crossings slip to lowest in more than two months, data shows
Only one tanker crossed the Strait of Hormuz on July 23, the lowest since May 7, according to Kpler data.
Very large crude carrier New Giant, loaded with 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude, exited the strait on July 23 and is due at China's Rizhao port by mid-August.
No ships entered the Strait of Hormuz on July 23.
At the Bab el-Mandeb strait, commodity tanker crossings totalled 32 on July 23, up from 26 the day before, per Kpler data.
Saudi Aramco has started offering additional crude cargoes loading at Egypt's Sidi Kerir port as a workaround from loading at its Red Sea ports.
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