The very large crude carrier (VLCC) Idemitsu Maru, which had departed from Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura port in the Persian Gulf in mid-March, is expected to arrive in Nagoya on May 25.

Japan's Middle East crude imports fell 67.2% in April to their lowest level since records began in 1979, as the Iran war shut the Strait of Hormuz.

A Saudi supertanker carrying 2 million barrels is due in Nagoya on May 25, marking Japan's first Middle East crude delivery since the Iran war shut Hormuz in February.