### [2026-07-23](/feed/2026/07/23/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# Shipping data shows that two Chinese very-large crude carriers carrying four million ​barrels of Saudi Arabian oil, the Singaporean-flagged "VLCC Xin Long Yang" and Chinese-flagged "VLCC Cosnew Lake", are heading towards Bab-el-Mandeb strait. 




### Sources:

1. [The Standard](https://www.thestandard.com.hk/china/article/337997/Two-Chinese-supertankers-with-Saudi-oil-head-to-Bab-el-Mandeb-for-Red-Sea-exit)

### Changes:

1. Shipping data shows that two Chinese very large crude carriers carrying 4 million ​barrels of Saudi Arabian oil, the Singaporean-flagged "VLCC Xin Long Yang" and Chinese-flagged "VLCC Cosnew Lake", are heading towards Bab-el-Mandeb.  _2026-07-23 13:53:29 (First version)_
1. Shipping data shows that two Chinese very-large crude carriers carrying four million ​barrels of Saudi Arabian oil, the Singaporean-flagged "VLCC Xin Long Yang" and Chinese-flagged "VLCC Cosnew Lake", are heading towards Bab-el-Mandeb strait.  _(Current version)_

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