Shafaq News- Basra
Two oil tankers, a Greek and an Emirati tanker, arecurrently being loaded with a combined four million barrels of Iraqi crude atsouthern ports in Basra, an Iraqi ports source told Shafaq News on Tuesday.
The step is part of the resumption of crude oil exports, thesource explained.
This development follows the preliminary understandingbetween Iran and the United States announced on Sunday, which led to thereopening of the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic after intermittent disruptionslinked to the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
Hormuz, the strategic maritime corridor, has been largelyshut since February 28 following the US–Israel war on Iran, disrupting energyflows and prompting Gulf producers, including Iraq, which routes roughly 95% ofits oil exports through the waterway, to scale back shipments.
