Ah, an 8-day table instead of a 7-day.
Not gonna catch me dividing by a smaller number, no-sir-ee.
This JMIC Advisory Note leads off with no fewer than 8 ship incidents, 5 of which were U.S. CENTCOM disabling actions.
For the tanker table please go here:
Joint Maritime Information Center Update 095 JMIC Advisory Note 10 September
Meanwhile at this hour . . .
WTI $102.87
BRENT $108.16
USA GASOLINE $4.27
WTI: $92.95
BRENT: $97.61
GASOLINE USA: $4.09
WTI: $91
BRENT: $96
GASOLINE USA: $4.12
WTI: $89
BRENT: $94
GASOLINE USA: $4.09
WTI: $85
BRENT: $90
GASOLINE USA: $4.03
https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/update-089-jmic-advisory-note-25-august.pdf?rev=2ead1ce051fa4c21be1cc8daf7925ef4
It is what it is.
You know the score. Gasoline isn't $5, but it isn't a buck seventy-five, either.
Meanwhile, the US Navy is spending vast sums everyday to maintain whatever it is we're supposed to be calling this black hole into which we are flushing billion$ down the drain.
JMIC UPDATE 086:
... IRGC attacks, hailing, and routing pressure continue, particularly for AIS-on vessels [in the Strait of Hormuz]. ... Vessels stationary for extended periods, or maintaining AIS-on while static, may still face elevated targeting risk [in the Arabian Gulf]. ... AIS-off operations at Yanbu remain the established norm. The AIS-off berth and waiting-area posture has been sustained without interruption for six weeks. ... AIS-off operations at Yanbu berths, waiting areas and approaches are highly likely to remain elevated. ...
BAM dropped off to just 6.75/day after July 30 from 14.3/day before.
SoH normal 2022: 70.0/day
BAM normal 2022: 30.0/day
I find the Traffic Trends claim in JMIC Update 078 for BAM REALLY difficult to believe.
Combined cargo and tankers in the tables averages 35 per day on July 28 and July 29 compared with baseline 60.
Baseline tankers alone would be 30 per day, instead they're showing 13 per day average for the two days, 10.7 per day over the seven days.
The claim is that vessels are running dark.
But the Saudis are loading NOTHING at Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf, where there is also oil in the water in satellite photography, and the Houthis droned Saudi oil infrastructure to Yanbu in the Red Sea on Monday.
Meanwhile somebody droned two gas vessels at the Egyptian port of Damietta on The Med on Wednesday, clearly meant to signal that the Suez option's days may be numbered.
The oil business is a confidence game, and the authorities have a vested interest in maintaining it to prevent public panic.
Gasoline is now $4.49/gallon where I live.
Vessels evidently are running dark to avoid being targeted by the Houthis.
JMIC Update 077:
... Open-source data tracking Bab el Mandeb transits with AIS-on decreased from an approximate daily average of 50 vessels to 20 since July 24th. Coalition naval units are present in the area. ...
