Second Japan-linked crude oil tanker passes through Strait of Hormuz, LSEG data shows
TOKYO: A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker managed by Japanese refining group Eneos has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data from LSEG showed on Thursday, the second instance of such a Japan-linked ship making it through.
Before the US-Israeli war on Iran largely disrupted oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz, Japan relied on the Gulf for about 95 percent of its oil imports.
The Eneos-managed tanker is carrying 1.2 million barrels of Kuwait crude and 700,000 barrels of Emirati Das Blend oil loaded in late February, Kpler data showed. The vessel is expected to arrive in Japan on June 3, according to Kpler.
It was not immediately clear under what arrangements the tanker sailed through the Strait. Eneos, Japan’s biggest refining group, declined to comment.
