An image of the oil tanker Helga, berthed at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
An image of the oil tanker Helga, berthed at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
A sailor observes the oil tanker Helga, moored at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
A sailor observes the oil tanker Helga, moored at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
An overhead drone view of oil tanker Helga, berthed at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
An overhead drone view of oil tanker Helga, berthed at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
A sailor photographs the oil tanker Helga, moored at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters
A sailor photographs the oil tanker Helga, moored at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24, 2026, as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters

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