HMM Oil Tanker Passes Hormuz Strait, Arrives at Ulsan Port with 2 Million Barrels

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Universal Winner tanker [Photo=MarineTraffic]

HMM's very large crude carrier (VLCC) Universal Winner became the first South Korean-flagged vessel to navigate the Hormuz Strait since the outbreak of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. The tanker arrived in South Korea at approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 10.
According to the shipping industry, the Universal Winner, which has a capacity of 300,000 tons, docked at Ulsan Port carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil. This oil is set to be supplied to SK Energy for refining into gasoline, diesel, and naphtha.
The Universal Winner entered the Hormuz Strait on February 28 and loaded the 2 million barrels of crude oil from the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on March 4, under a shipping contract with SK Trading International, a subsidiary of SK Group.
The tanker was the only one among 26 South Korean vessels stranded in the Hormuz Strait since the outbreak of the Middle Eastern conflict to successfully exit the strait on May 20. The Universal Winner did not pay a separate transit fee, thanks to negotiations between South Korea and Iran.
The crew aboard the vessel consists of 21 members, including 9 South Koreans and 12 foreign nationals.
As of now, HMM still has one oil tanker, two bulk carriers, and one container ship remaining in the Hormuz Strait.

* This article has been translated by AI.

SHIN JIA