VLCC transits climb at Hormuz; steady at Bab al-Mandab for second day

The Strait of Hormuz had six VLCC transits on Oct. 25, the most since Oct. 17, while the Bab al-Mandab Strait recorded one VLCC on both Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, S&P Global Commodities at Sea said in an Oct. 26 report.

Hormuz traffic in total was steady at 17 ships on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, while Bab al-Mandab transits jumped to 42 ships from 27 ships over the same period, according to the CAS report. The VLCC total for Hormuz on Oct. 25 was up from five on Oct. 24, CAS data showed.

The outbound VLCC from the Persian Gulf was Monaco Prosperity, while inbound VLCCs were Bangladesh Prosperity, Ennie, Thailand Prosperity, West Loyalty and Bulgaria Prosperity, CAS said. The VLCCs that transited Bab al-Mandab were Della, heading northbound, on Oct. 25 and Karina, also moving northbound, on Oct. 24, according to CAS.

US forces on Oct. 25 marked the export of at least 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil since the summer through Hormuz, with US Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper flying over the chokepoint in a US Army CH-47 Chinook, Central Command said on X. It noted that more than 3,000 commercial ships had successfully transited Hormuz with support from CENTCOM forces over the last six months.

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