[Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates LNG cargoes switched to ship-to-ship transshipment] September 2nd, data from ship tracking agencies Vortexa and Kpler showed that in recent weeks, three batches of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes loaded in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were transshipped outside the Strait of Hormuz through ship-to-ship (STS), and then shipped to India and Japan respectively. Among them, an LNG carrier controlled by the Greek shipping company GasLog completed a ship-to-ship transfer with the "GasLog Savannah" offshore Oman at the end of August. The second cargo involved the Al Rekayyat LNG carrier controlled by Qatar Energy. The ship was hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz in early July and completed a ship-to-ship transfer with another Qatari LNG carrier "Tembek" on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates in mid-August. Kpler data shows that the LNG cargo initially loaded at Ras Laffan was then transported by the "Tembek" to the Dakhj Terminal in India and arrived on August 31. The third shipment came from the United Arab Emirates. The LNG carrier "Mraweh" controlled by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) loaded LNG from Das Island in early August, and then completed a ship-to-ship transfer with the "LNG Enugu" in the offshore waters of Oman and outside the Strait of Hormuz in mid-August.