Japan-owned supertankers head to Strait of Hormuz with Saudi Arabian oil, data shows
07/07/2026 01:28
Japan-owned supertankers head to Strait of Hormuz with Saudi Arabian oil, data shows TOKYO/SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - Two Japanese-owned supertankers carrying 4 million barrels of Saudi Arabian crude were heading to the Strait of Hormuz to exit the Gulf, shipping data on LSEG and Kpler showed.
One of the tankers is owned and managed by Nippon Yusen KK 9101.T and the other is from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha 9107.T, LSEG data showed.
The companies were not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim and Yuka Obayashi in Tokyo and Florence Tan in Singapore; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)