According to data from ship tracking systems, “Karachi” covered a dangerous route on Sundaypassing the Iranian island of Larak and then leaving the Strait of Hormuz towards the waters off the coast of Oman. On Monday morning, according to the Bloomerg agency, the tanker was spotted near Sohar.
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The Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of world demand for oil, has become a place of intensive monitoring among traders and observers of the energy industry. Since conflict broke out in the region last month, ship traffic through this bottleneck has been drastically restricted.
Karachi, built in 2022, loaded oil in the United Arab Emirates, but according to preliminary readings is not fully loaded. As noted by Bloomberg, the ship's route, like that of other vessels that ventured out of the strait, ran close to the Iranian coast.
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So far, neither the National Shipping Corporation of Pakistan nor the country's Ministry of Petroleum have commented on the tanker's journey.
