Hormuz Disruptions Could Drag Into Next Year, Japanese Tanker Giant Warns
energy_supply_shockMiddle EastOilPrice3 Sept, 13:00 UTC
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Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines, the world’s largest tanker operator, expects the shipping disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz to continue for longer than previously expected, with no normalization by the end of the year, due to this week’s re-escalation of hostilities. “Given the current situation, it’s difficult to see operations resuming in any form by the end of the year,” Mitsui OSK Lines’ chief executive Jotaro Tamura told Bloomberg in an interview published on Thursday. In a quarterly financial report last…
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