Tanker Market: New Routes Underway, as Hormuz Status Changes
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The tanker shipping industry is adjusting to changes around the Hormuz Strait, with new routes under development mainly using pipelines due to ongoing regional unrest. Analysts warn that even if a safe transit accord is reached, Hormuz remains a risk hotspot.
With many observers believing that even if an accord is reached regarding the safe transit of ships across the Hormuz Strait, it will always remain an area of potential unrest and peril, alternative routes are currently underway, mainly through the use of pipelines. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “as the War ...