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.