The fourth Saudi Arabian phosphates cargo to pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the week starting 22 June, has completed its transit, as revealed by Argus Media.
The vessel Zagori carried 50 000 t of diammonium phosphate (DAP), which was loaded at Saudi Arabia's Ras Al-Khair port in the Mideast Gulf in late February - early March, according to vessel-tracking data from analytics platform Kpler.
The total volume of DAP/MAP to transit the strait during the week starting 22 June stood at 203 000 t by the end of Friday. The following cargoes made it through the strait earlier that same week:
- Global Unity: 61 000 t of DAP, scheduled to arrive at Visakhapatnam in India on 3 July.
- Banglar Joyjatra: 37 000 t of MAP, due to arrive at Durban in South Africa on 10 July.
- BC Agility: 55 000 t of MAP, scheduled to arrive at Rio Grande in Brazil on 25 July.
These were the first transits since the first half of May, when the Mdl Toofan, carrying 55 000 t of MAP, became the second phosphates cargo to cross the strait since the start of the US-Iran war at the end of February.
This leaves the following cargoes remaining in the Mideast Gulf:
- Bahri Wafi loaded 72 000 t of DAP in early April.
- Bahri Bulk loaded 71 000 t of DAP in late April-early May.
- Bahri Trader loaded 71 000 t of DAP in late March.
- Chang Chang Dong Hai loaded 55 000 t of DAP in early March, which Argus Media has stated is bound for India.
Saudi Arabian producers have remained cautious about loading fresh cargoes from Ras Al-Khair, despite the increase in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi producer Maaden will load the 120 000 t of DAP it sold to India in mid-June from Yanbu port in the Red Sea in July 2026.
Original article written by Tom Hampson on Argus Media.