Oil tanker earnings drop $200,000 as more ships enter the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic returns to normal by end of June at 7.5% YES.

The jump in oil exports comes as the threat level for ships crossing Hormuz has been downgraded to "moderate."

Oil prices fell as investors bet global crude supplies will improve, as tankers stranded in the Persian Gulf for months have begun leaving the Strait of Hormuz.

Strait of Hormuz traffic has increased sharply, but remains at roughly half its peacetime level, officials said on Thursday as stranded sailors made their way out of the waterway.…