Tensions Soared: Second Japanese Tanker Navigates Strait of Hormuz

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The ENEOS-owned tanker, Eneos Endeavor, has safely docked at the Yokohama refinery after braving the treacherous Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by the Nikkei newspaper.

This marks the second Japanese tanker to evade the Middle East crisis and successfully pass through the Strait, following in the footsteps of the Idemitsu Maru, owned by Idemitsu Kosan, which arrived off Japan's coast on May 25.

The Eneos Endeavor carried 2.15 million barrels of oil from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), first unloading 900,000 barrels at the Eneos terminal in the Kiire port, one of the world's largest crude oil loading and storage centers.

From there, the tanker continued on to the Negishi refinery in Yokohama, where the remaining 1.25 million barrels were unloaded, sufficient to keep the plant operational for a period of eight days.

Currently, 38 Japanese-bound vessels, including seven oil tankers, remain in the Persian Gulf.

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