Qatari LNG tanker Al \u200bKharaitiyat was sailing towards the Strait of \u200cHormuz on Saturday after departing Qatar’s Ras Laffan en route to Port Qasim in Pakistan, according to LSEG \u200bshipping data. <\/p>\n
A successful passage would mark \u200bthe first transit by a Qatari LNG tanker \u2060through the strait since the start of\u00a0the \u200bwar on Iran. There was no immediate comment \u200bfrom QatarEnergy\u00a0, News.az<\/a> reports, citing Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n The vessel, managed by Nakilat Shipping Qatar Ltd and sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, has a \u200bcargo capacity of 211,986 cubic metres, according to \u200bLSEG data.<\/p>\n Iran’s Revolutionary Guards halted two Qatar LNG tankers, Al \u200cDaayen \u2060and Rasheeda, that had been heading towards the Strait of Hormuz on April 6 and instructed them to hold position without explanation, a source \u200btold Reuters \u200bat the \u2060time.<\/p>\n Qatar is the world’s second-largest exporter of LNG, with shipments mostly going \u200bto buyers in Asia. Iranian attacks \u200bknocked \u2060out 17% of Qatar’s LNG export capacity, with repairs expected to sideline 12.8 million tons per \u2060year of \u200bthe fuel for three \u200bto five years.<\/p>\n