Qatar brings LNG tankers into Hormuz despite shipping slowdown

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Published - June 22, 2026 01:14 pm IST - SINGAPORE The Marshall Islands-flagged dry bulk vessel Summit Success also entered the Gulf on Monday (June 22, 2026), LSEG data showed. File (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters Four liquefied natural gas tankers controlled by Qatar were heading into the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (June 22, 2026), despite a fall in ship traffic after Iran announced that it had again closed the waterway over the weekend, shipping data showed. The tankers - Wadi Al Sail, Mekaines, Al Sadd and Mesaimeer- were entering the strait via the Iranian route for the first time since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started, shiptracking data from analytics firm Kpler showed. QatarEnergy, whose LNG exports have been heavily curbed since the war began on February 28, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Marshall Islands-flagged dry bulk vessel Summit Success also entered the Gulf on Monday (June 22, 2026), LSEG data showed. Five vessels passed the strait on Sunday (June 21, 2026), from 26 ships spotted a day earlier, Kpler data showed. These included three Very Large Crude Carriers carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi crude and fuel oil each, one of which was heading to Japan. There could be more ships plying the strait with their transponders switched off. Iran lifted its effective blockade of Hormuz last week after agreeing with the United States to extend an April ceasefire for 60 days to allow for peace negotiations, but Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday (June 20, 2026) declared the waterway shut once again, in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon. The U.S. Central Command said 55 merchant ships transited the strait on Saturday (June 20, 2026) with more than 17 million barrels of oil for global markets. Among the ships that exited the strait on Saturday (June 20, 2026), there were three VLCCs carrying crude from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq, and there were three tankers carrying various oil products, the data showed. There were 13 ships that entered the strait on Saturday (June 20, 2026), including two VLCCs, the data showed. Over 25 million barrels of Iranian oil have passed through the virtual blockade line since Monday (June 15, 2026), the head of the National Iranian Oil Company, Hamid Bovard, told state TV on Sunday (June 21, 2026). Gulf producers Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Kuwait Petroleum Corp have issued tenders selling crude with the option of loading from inside and outside the Strait of Hormuz. Two vessels operated by South Korea also passed through the strait after the U.S. and Iran signed their interim peace deal last week, Seoul’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said on Monday (June 22, 2026), without naming them. Meanwhile, two ADNOC-controlled LNG tankers were delivering cargoes to India on Monday (June 22, 2026), having exited the strait recently, Kpler and LSEG data showed. The Al Hamra tanker was discharging at the Ennore LNG terminal, while the tanker Mubaraz was set to offload its cargo at the Kochi terminal on June 23, the data showed. Both tankers were last seen in ballast and east of the strait in late May to early June, before reappearing again on shiptracking data over the weekend, located off the coast of India loaded with cargoes. ADNOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Al Hamra and Mubaraz have each now completed two “dark” voyages out of Hormuz since the war started. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Qatar brings LNG tankers into Hormuz despite shipping slowdown

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