据沙特媒体哈达斯（Alhadath）：高级消息人士称，伊朗和阿曼就霍尔木兹海的重新开放达成初步共识，协议可能在几天内宣布，协议仍需伊朗国家安全委员会的批准，协议将持续60天，旨在恢复航行。

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After a one-week pause Chinese VLCCs resumed loading Saudi crude but shifted routes away from the Red Sea to sail around Africa. On Aug. 4 COSCO’s 330,000 dwt VLCC Yuanxihu arrived off Egypt’s Sidi Kerir terminal in the Mediterranean to await loading. The ship had entered the Red Sea on July 11 and remained off Yanbu after Houthi forces announced a maritime blockade of Saudi waters. On Aug. 1 Yuanxihu, in ballast, transited north through the Suez Canal with its destination shown as Sidi Kerir.