Qatar's gas tankers cross Hormuz despite slowdown in shipping after security disturbances

Four liquefied natural gas tankers from Qatar headed to the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, despite the sharp decline in navigation traffic following Iran's announcement to reclose the waterway over the weekend. According to vessel tracking data, these tankers, named 'Wadi Alseel', 'Mikanis', 'Al Sad', and 'Mseimer', were traversing the strait via the Iranian route, marking the first crossing of its kind since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28. Kepler's navigation analysis data indicated that the dry cargo ship 'Smat Sixis', flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, entered the Gulf on Monday.