1. Idemitsu Maru Becomes First Loaded Crude Supertanker to Exit Hormuz Without Larak Channel Transit Since Tensions Escalated
Ship-tracking data from Bloomberg confirms that the Idemitsu Maru, a loaded crude supertanker operated by the tanker unit of Japan's Idemitsu Kosan, cleared the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday afternoon without transiting the Larak Channel. The passage marks the first such crude supertanker exit since regional tensions esc...