{"id":1552,"date":"2026-07-28T08:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:07:49","slug":"bab-el-mandeb-shipping-rises-as-us-iran-tensions-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1552","title":{"rendered":"Bab el-Mandeb shipping rises as US-Iran tensions ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/egyptian-gazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2026-07-28-104547.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bab el-Mandeb shipping rises as US-Iran tensions ease\" title=\"Bab el-Mandeb shipping rises as US-Iran tensions ease\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Tuesday, a four-day high, while traffic through the Strait \u200bof Hormuz remained low, according to Kpler shipping data, amid \u200coptimism about a potential resolution to the US-Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traffic was still below the month\u2019s peak of 46 vessels recorded on July 14, the data showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Donald \u200bTrump said that Washington\u2019s negotiations with Iran were progressing and \u200bcould lead to a resolution, but warned that military action \u2060could restart if the talks collapsed. Iran issued similar comments about retaliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out \u200bof 12 vessels that entered the Red Sea on Monday, four were \u200boil tankers, based on the data at 0512 GMT on Tuesday. One was a very large crude carrier (VLCC), two were Suezmax tankers and the fourth was an Aframax \u200btanker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A VLCC can carry about 2 million barrels of oil, while \u200ba Suezmax typically carries half that volume. An Aframax tanker can transport about 700,000 \u200cbarrels \u2060of oil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 16 vessels that exited the Red Sea on Monday included 10 oil tankers. There were four Suezmax tankers, three Aframax tankers, two medium range tankers and one VLCC, the data showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong-flagged VLCC New Pearl \u200bcarrying 2 million barrels \u200bof Saudi \u2060crude exited the Red Sea for eastern China\u2019s Zhoushan port, the fourth Chinese supertanker to leave since the \u200bHouthis declared a naval blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traffic via the \u200bStrait of \u2060Hormuz stayed low with six commodity-carrying vessels transiting the waterway on Monday, including one Iranian-linked Suezmax tanker and a VLCC which entered with its transponder off, the \u2060data \u200bshowed. Of those vessels, four entered the \u200bstrait and two exited it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven vessels transited the strait on Sunday, including three Iranian-linked oil products \u200btankers that exited the strait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Tuesday, a four-day high, while traffic through the Strait \u200bof Hormuz remained low, according to Kpler shipping data, amid \u200coptimism about a potential resolution to the US-Iran conflict. 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