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The Saudi port of Yanbu on the Red Sea has witnessed a notable increase in oil shipping activity, with a rising number of crude tankers using the port for exports, coinciding with ongoing security disturbances in the region and more ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait without activating tracking systems, according to a report by Bloomberg today.

5 Giant Tankers

Recent satellite images captured by the European satellite "Sentinel-2" showed five giant oil tankers docked at the oil loading berths in Yanbu, marking the busiest activity the port has seen since the escalation of threats targeting Saudi navigation about two weeks ago. The Yanbu port plays a crucial role in maintaining the flow of Saudi oil exports, as regional tensions have prompted the kingdom to transport large quantities of crude via pipelines to the Red Sea coast for export to global markets, away from the Strait of Hormuz.

Highest Shipping Rates

Tracking data showed that Gulf oil exports continued to flow, with more than 8.4 million barrels of oil departing Gulf ports last Friday, in one of the highest daily shipping rates since the outbreak of the Iranian war at the end of February, while the majority of this was transported on tankers that had turned off their tracking systems.