UKMTO: vessel sustained starboard damage; one crew member killed. No environmental impact reported so far. Authorities are investigating.

Wall Street Journal reports global diesel supplies are tightening, with disruptions to Russian and Middle East flows increasing competition for US diesel as winter approaches. OPIS (Dow Jones price service) shows the European diesel benchmark rose to $167/bbl late last week from about $87/bbl a year earlier; the Northwest Europe diesel crack was roughly $90/bbl on Friday versus an average near $24/bbl last year. Unusually rich refining margins are pushing US refiners to export more product: US distillate exports jumped to a record c.1.9 mln b/d in the first week of August, cutting domestic buffers. US distillate inventories are at the lowest seasonal level in about 30 years. BofA says the market is entering peak seasonal demand with very limited room for error.

伊朗革命衛隊總司令顧問納格迪：霍爾木茲海峽永遠不會失去其重要性，如果其他人想尋找替代路線來運輸石油等物資，那需要很多年，併產生非常沉重的成本。