Crude carrier Universal Winner, a South Korean oil tanker operated by Korean shipping company HMM, reaches waters off the southeastern port city of Ulsan, South Korea, 10 June 2026, about three weeks after exiting the Strait of Hormuz, where it had been stranded amid tensions in the Middle East. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
June 11 (Asia Today) -- A South Korean-operated liquefied natural gas carrier that had been stranded near the Strait of Hormuz because of the U.S.-Iran war has passed through the waterway, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
The vessel was headed to a third country, not South Korea, and eight South Korean crew members were aboard, officials said.
"One South Korean vessel has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and is sailing," the Foreign Ministry said. "Consultations related to this passage were led by the foreign-chartered company."
The ministry said it understood the ship was heading to its final destination in a third country.
