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‎Bahri ship carries first ammonia cargo through Hormuz since July

Argaam - Main News Trade press Published 13th October 2026 Saudi Arabia

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‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/ea5732ab-f24a-4935-92fa-048c1aeafb34.png" ></p> <p class="ckeCaption" >Bahri transported ammonia cargo through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since July, aboard its vessel Gas Aqua.</p> <hr> <p >Saudi National Shipping Co. (<a href="https://www.argaam.com/en/tadawul/tasi/bahri" target="_blank">Bahri</a>) transported an ammonia cargo through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since July, aboard its vessel Gas Aqua.</p> <p ></p> <p >According to SP Global’s Commodities at Sea data, Gas Aqua loaded 25,000 metric tons of ammonia at Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, between Oct. 3 and 6. The vessel arrived in Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 9 before transferring its entire cargo to Searambler in Oman on Oct. 11-12.</p> <p ></p> <p >Gas Aqua was the first vessel not linked to Iran to enter the Arabian Gulf to load ammonia since the Iran war began in February, the report said. The shipment also marked the first ammonia cargo to transit the strait since an Iranian shipment passed through in July.</p> <p ></p> <p >Three ammonia cargoes not linked to Iran had previously transited the strait since the war began, including two loaded in Saudi Arabia and one in Qatar. The vessels carrying those shipments were already inside the Gulf when the war broke out.</p>

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Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
Published
13th October 2026
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argaam.com

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Geopolitical Risk
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Saudi Arabia
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13th October 2026 · 15:52

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (26.0/100). Strongest contributor: Geographic Breadth (10.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (25.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

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