Two Saudi-oil supertankers carrying 2 million barrels each struck in Strait of Hormuz

  • Two Saudi-oil supertankers were struck by unknown projectiles while leaving the Strait of Hormoz.
  • Each tanker loaded 2 million barrels of Saudi crude at Juaymah last week.
  • Marisks and Kpler reported the incidents late Monday as vessels transited outbound.

Two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were hit by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other late Monday while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping intelligence and tracking firms Marisks and Kpler reported the incidents. Each vessel had loaded 2 million barrels of Saudi crude at the Juaymah terminal the previous week. Marisks described the near-simultaneous strikes as a further escalation in the threat environment within the Omani corridor.

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