Second-term Republican President Donald Trump said Saturday on social media that "massive numbers" of "completely empty" oil tankers are en route to the United States to purchase American energy.

"Foreign buyers are voting with their ships: American energy means stability, strength, and freedom from Middle East blackmail," the president posted on Monday.

Shipping data posted by maritime intelligence company Windward shows 171 crude tankers are bound for the US Gulf to load crude oil cargoes, which compares with about 110 in a typical month.

The surging vessel traffic comes as nations throughout Europe and Asia grapple to secure energy supplies and regional prices skyrocket. Germany is providing emergency fuel relief to its citizens while officials in the Philippines recently declared a national energy emergency as the world looks increasingly to the US to replenish war-starved oil and gas markets.

On Monday, US West Texas Intermediate crude futures advanced 2.6% to settle at $99.08 per barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude settled at $99.36 a barrel, up 4.37% on the day.

Oil markets research firm Kpler estimates US crude oil exports in April will reach 5.2 million barrels per day, up about one-third from 3.9 million barrels a day in March, the Financial Times reported last week.

North Carolina-based Kpler analyst Matt Smith described the great volume of incoming ships as an "armada of tankers heading this way."

Trump on Saturday remarked that the US oil output is more than the combined total of Saudi Arabia and Russia, the next two largest producers, and the president promised a "quick turnaround" for the arriving fleet.

Shipping data shows approximately 28 very large crude carriers, which can hold about 2 million barrels of oil, have been contracted to load US crude in May compared to a monthly average of just five in a typical month, according to Kpler.

Trump shared a post on Saturday by oil market researcher Rory Johnston that read "very cool seeing the wave of empty tankers heading to the US to pick up some desperately needed crude for Hormuz-starved markets," to which the president responded, "Great!!!"

America and Israel on Feb. 28 launched military strikes against Iran. The Iranians, with control of the Strait of Hormuz, has stymied an otherwise one-sided confrontation. An 11th-hour ceasefire to last two weeks was announced Tuesday.

As the shipping logjam continues, Windward's daily intelligence report on Monday shows 732 vessels carrying oil, gas, refined fuels, and other fossil fuels-based products await transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

To avoid the volatile region, many of these vessels are now rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa—a detour that bypasses the Suez Canal but adds up to 15 days of travel time to reach American docks.

In March, Port of Houston officials announced completion of the Project 11 channel widening project, which eliminated longstanding nighttime vessel movement restrictions in place for more than a century, allowing large vessels to safely transit the channel without waiting for daylight. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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