Changes in Hong Kong stocks | COSCO Marine (01138) rose more than 5% in early trading, US attacks Iranian oil tankers under new “return tankers to tankers” policy

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago

The Zhitong Finance App learned that COSCO Haineng (01138) rose more than 5% in early trading. As of press release, it rose 5.58% to HK$17.4, with a turnover of HK$54.1447 million.

According to the news, according to reports, US officials said that the US military attacked two oil tankers belonging to the Iranian government during a round of attacks on Tuesday. This is the first time that the US military has attacked an Iranian tanker to retaliate against Iran's attack on a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, not to prevent oil tankers from violating the maritime blockade. US officials said that including tankers in the scope of the crackdown is part of the new “tanker for tanker” policy approved by Trump.

Zheshang Securities released a research report saying that the volume and price of Middle Eastern routes in the VLCC market rose sharply this week, oil-producing countries maintained the scale of outbound shipping. Demand for chartering ships outside the bay was active, available ships were being tightened, and the number of WS points for freight charges from alternative shipping ports such as Fujairah and Yanbu to the Far East also rose at the same time.