{"id":148125,"date":"2026-03-18T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148125"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:00:08","slug":"red-sea-fix-china-bound-oil-tankers-tap-saudi-plan-to-bypass-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148125","title":{"rendered":"Red Sea fix? China-bound oil tankers tap Saudi plan to bypass Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSaudi Arabia is activating its Red Sea \u201cPlan B\u201d to divert crude via the port of Yanbu, allowing tankers \u2013 including Chinese very large crude carriers (VLCCs) \u2013 to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, though analysts warn the route has limited capacity.<br \/>\nThe move comes after Iran effectively closed the strait in response to United States and Israeli military strikes, a conflict now in its third week that has rattled global energy markets.<br \/>\nNew Vista, a VLCC owned by China Merchants Energy Shipping, had&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3347045\/red-sea-fix-china-bound-oil-tankers-tap-saudi-plan-bypass-strait-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSaudi Arabia is activating its Red Sea \u201cPlan B\u201d to divert crude via the port of Yanbu, allowing tankers \u2013 including Chinese very large&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}