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US uses unusual routes to send jet fuel to Japan, Philippine bases amid Hormuz closure

South China Morning Post 25 April 2026 14h ago
US uses unusual routes to send jet fuel to Japan, Philippine bases amid Hormuz closure
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An unusual series of cargoes of military-grade fuel that is due to sail from the US across the Pacific Ocean illustrates how far the war in Iran has disrupted the global oil supply chain. A request for offers to ship 235,000 barrels of jet fuel from Cherry Point in Blaine, Washington, where BP has a refinery, to Subic Bay in the Philippines, a strategic access point and logistics hub for US naval
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