Two Chinese Oil Tankers Transit Strait of Hormuz
By Reuters | 11 Apr, 2026

Two Chinese very large crude carriers passed through the Strait of Hormuz Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz, also known as Madiq Hurmuz, and 3D printed oil barrels are seen in this illustration taken March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Two Chinese supertankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data on LSEG showed, likely the first vessels to exit the Middle East Gulf since the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal was struck earlier this week.

Very Large Crude Carriers Cospearl Lake and He Rong Hai, both chartered by Unipec, the trading arm of Asia's largest refiner Sinopec, entered and exited "Hormuz Passage trial anchorage" that bypasses Iran's Larak Island on Saturday, the data showed.

(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Jan Harvey)