Japanese LNG tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz, Mitsui O.S.K Lines says

Mitsui O.s.k. Lines

03/04/2026 12:09

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - A Japanese liquefied natural gas tanker has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, its joint owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines 9104.T said on Friday.

Crew members on the Panama-flagged ship, "SOHAR LNG", remain safe, a Mitsui O.S.K. Lines spokesperson told Reuters, while declining to disclose when it crossed the strait and whether there was any kind of negotiations to do so.

The Asahi newspaper earlier on Friday reported that the ship was the first Japanese vessel to have exited the Strait of Hormuz since the onset of the Iran war.

 (Reporting by Kentaro Okasaka; Writing by Kantaro Komiya;
Editing by Tomasz Janowski)

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