Middle East Producers Push on With Oil and LNG Loadings Despite Ship Attacks

By Florence Tan and Emily Chow

SINGAPORE, June 29 (Reuters) – Middle East producers are pushing ahead with oil and liquefied natural gas loading despite fresh ship attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran in recent days, shipping data showed.

Energy shipping in the strait slowed after attacks on a container ship on Thursday and an oil tanker on Saturday sparked tit-for-tat strikes, threatening Washington and Iran’s interim peace deal.

But on Sunday a U.S. official said the two countries had agreed to halt recent hostilities