More Alaska crude flows to Asia as Strait of Hormuz stays shut

By: Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 1,072

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Maritime Glory tanker arrived empty last week in Valdez, the mountain-flanked port town where the trans-Alaska pipeline comes to an end.

A day later, it departed, laden down with a cargo of some 700,000 barrels of Alaska North Slope crude worth, at last week’s prices, some $85 million — making it the second oil tanker to depart Valdez for Asia in less than a month.

The two cargoes represent only a tiny fraction of …

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