Oil tanker carrying Iraqi crude passes through the Strait of Hormuz

K-LinePoet · 2026-04-05T20:50:48+00:00

LSEG and Kpler data show that, one day after Iran granted Iraq exemptions from restrictions on this key shipping route, a tanker carrying Iraqi crude was found passing through the Strait of Hormuz on a route near the Iranian coast. Kpler data indicates that the “Ocean Thunder” loaded approximately 1 million barrels of Basra heavy crude oil on March 2 and is expected to unload in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, in mid-April.

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2026-04-05 20:50:48

LSEG and Kpler data show that a tanker carrying Iraqi crude oil was spotted transiting the Strait of Hormuz via a route close to the Iranian coastline one day after Iran signaled that Iraq would be exempt from the restrictions on this key shipping lane. Kpler data show that the “Ocean Thunder” loaded about 1 million barrels of Basra heavy crude oil on March 2, and is expected to discharge in late April or mid-April in Port Klang, Malaysia.

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