More than 20 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 18, 2026, marking the highest daily traffic since March 1, according to shipping analytics firm Kpler.

(By Haifa Chairunisa)

Data cited by Reuters showed that five of the ships carried cargo from Iran, including oil products and metals. Among them were three liquefied petroleum gas carriers, with destinations including China and India.

Other vessels reflected a wide range of cargo routes across the region. The Panamanian-flagged tanker Crave was transporting LPG from the United Arab Emirates to Indonesia. Two additional tankers, Akti A and Athina, carried refined petroleum products from Bahrain and were bound for Mozambique and Thailand.

The Liberian-flagged tanker Navig8 Macallister was loaded with roughly 500,000 barrels of naphtha from the United Arab Emirates, with South Korea listed as its destination. Another Liberian-flagged vessel, the very large crude carrier Fpmc C Lord, was transporting about 2 million barrels of Saudi crude oil to Taiwan.

Meanwhile, the Indian-flagged Desh Garima was carrying approximately 780,000 barrels of Das crude oil from the United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka. Additional shipments included fertilizer transported from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates by the vessel Ruby, as well as petroleum coke carried from Saudi Arabia to Italy by the tanker Merry M.

The movement of these vessels underscores continued activity along one of the world’s most critical energy shipping routes.

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