Vortexa: No Oil Cargoes Have Left Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Port Since September 11
The energy-data company said crude exports from the Red Sea port had come to a complete halt following reported attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities.
Vortexa reportedly said that no oil cargoes had left Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port since September 11, 2026. IRNA, citing the Arab Journal, linked the halt to reported attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities and the continued closure of the kingdom’s East–West oil pipeline. The available evidence consists of attributed reporting and does not independently verify the operational or market consequences.
TEHRAN — Vortexa, a company specializing in energy-data analysis and maritime tracking, said that no oil cargoes had departed from Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port since September 11, 2026.
The information was reported by Iran’s IRNA news agency, citing the Arab Journal. According to the report, Vortexa said crude-oil exports from Yanbu, a major Saudi port on the Red Sea, had been completely suspended from that date.
The reported halt followed attacks by Yemen’s armed forces on vital facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco in Yanbu in recent days, according to the Arab Journal report. The report did not provide further operational details about the facilities affected or specify how long the disruption was expected to last.
IRNA also reported that Thursday’s attacks had contributed to the continued closure of Saudi Arabia’s East–West oil pipeline. The pipeline is a key route for transporting crude from the kingdom’s eastern oil-producing areas toward its western coast. The report said that the pipeline’s shutdown had disrupted Saudi oil transportation and exports along the Red Sea coast.
The reported development comes amid wider regional tensions involving the United States, Iran and the conflict in Yemen. Citing earlier reports by Western media, IRNA said that some European countries had experienced fuel shortages and that crude-oil prices had risen by about 20 percent during the month. Those reports attributed the market effects to continuing tensions between Washington and Tehran and to the closure of the Saudi pipeline amid the conflict with the Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, in Yemen.
The available information establishes that Vortexa reported no oil cargo departures from Yanbu after September 11. It does not independently confirm the status of the port, the extent of damage to Saudi Aramco facilities, the duration of the pipeline closure or the reported impact on global oil supplies and prices.