First oil tanker since start of war sails from Gulf to Europe
6/10/2026 5:42:09 PM
A tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil is heading towards Europe having left the Gulf at the end of May, the first such shipment since March, data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler show.
The Advantage Victory, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on May 27 without indicating its destination.
The vessel revealed its destination only on Monday with its AIS signal indicating “NL RTM” – the code for Rotterdam in the Netherlands, one of Europe’s biggest ports. It is scheduled to arrive on July 7.
The tanker, which was loaded with Iraqi oil at Basra on February 24 and March 1, is currently off the coast of Madagascar, according to its transponder.
It was the first tanker to traverse the Strait of Hormuz with oil heading to Europe since March 1 when the ship New Vision left the Gulf 1 amid the confusion after the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28.
About 103 oil tankers have left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1 carrying a total of 185 million barrels of crude oil, according to Kpler data.
The Advantage Victory, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on May 27 without indicating its destination.
The vessel revealed its destination only on Monday with its AIS signal indicating “NL RTM” – the code for Rotterdam in the Netherlands, one of Europe’s biggest ports. It is scheduled to arrive on July 7.
The tanker, which was loaded with Iraqi oil at Basra on February 24 and March 1, is currently off the coast of Madagascar, according to its transponder.
It was the first tanker to traverse the Strait of Hormuz with oil heading to Europe since March 1 when the ship New Vision left the Gulf 1 amid the confusion after the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28.
About 103 oil tankers have left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1 carrying a total of 185 million barrels of crude oil, according to Kpler data.