Middle East producers are pushing ahead with loading oil and liquefied natural gas, shipping data showed.
Washington and Iran agreed on Sunday to halt hostilities and renew talks on the Strait of Hormuz, despite recent shipping attacks that threatened their interim deal.
On Monday, a fourth large crude carrier, capable of carrying two million barrels of oil, was seen loading at Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura terminal, LSEG data showed, even after a helicopter belonging to Saudi Aramco, the state oil company, crashed on Sunday, killing 14 people. The cause of the crash was unknown.
Three other very large crude carriers (VLCCs) have loaded oil and gone dark since leaving the terminal over the weekend, according to the data.
One of these supertankers emerged on Monday, having exited the strait, and is now heading for Japan, the data showed.
