At a Glance Transit through the Strait of Hormuz increased during the third week of the ceasefire , but movement remains uneven, managed, and enforcement-driven. , but movement remains uneven, …
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At a Glance Transit through Hormuz increased to 20 crossings , with expanded use of both Northern and Southern Corridors . , with expanded use of both . Dark activity …
At a Glance Hormuz transit drops to 8 crossings , evenly split inbound and outbound, all with AIS active. , evenly split inbound and outbound, all with AIS active. Gulf …
At a Glance Kharg Island exports fall to ~3M barrels , well below the ~8M weekly average. , well below the ~8M weekly average. IRGC attacks and seizure of vessels …
At a Glance Two weeks into the ceasefire, the Strait of Hormuz remains active only in a restricted and highly unstable sense . . The brief signal of reopening was …
At a Glance The Iran war has brought maritime chokepoints into focus as potential control points rather than neutral transit routes . . Iran’s consideration of transit charges introduces the …
At a Glance The Iran war exposed fundamental limits in AIS -based maritime visibility . . Dark activity, AIS spoofing, and controlled routing made vessel tracking unreliable . . Multi-source …
At a Glance Strait of Hormuz traffic collapsed by 97% , stranding over 800 vessels and disrupting global oil flows. , stranding over 800 vessels and disrupting global oil flows. …
At a Glance Hormuz transit drops to just 3 vessels, the lowest level since the blockade began . . 870 vessels remain in the Gulf , with continued caution and …
At a Glance U.S. blockade enters active enforcement , with vessels reversing course following interception orders. , with vessels reversing course following interception orders. 15 vessels transited Hormuz with balanced …
At a Glance One week after the ceasefire announcement , the Strait of Hormuz has not reopened to normal commercial traffic . . Transit continues, but under controlled, selective, and …
At a Glance Day two of the U.S. blockade shows outbound-heavy transit , with 14 outbound versus 5 inbound crossings. , with outbound versus inbound crossings. Vessel behavior reflects fragmentation …
At a Glance First full day under U.S. blockade enforcement shows mixed vessel response, including continued transit, rerouting, and delays. shows mixed vessel response, including continued transit, rerouting, and delays. …
At a Glance Four days into the ceasefire, no agreement has been reached , and Hormuz remains restricted and inconsistent. , and and inconsistent. 17 vessels transited on April 11 …
At a Glance The ceasefire has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz , and transit remains tightly controlled. , and transit remains tightly controlled. Vessel movement continues through IRGC-managed routing …
At a Glance Although the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire overnight the risk profile for the small number of ships transiting Hormuz remains unchanged. announced a overnight the …
At a Glance Transit through Hormuz has shifted to a dual-corridor system , combining an IRGC-controlled northern route with a new southern pathway along Oman . , combining an . …
At a Glance Transit through the Strait of Hormuz increased during the week , but only under Iran’s permission-based system rather than open commercial navigation. , but only under rather …
At a Glance Transits on April 1 climbed for a third consecutive day to 16, from 11 on March 31. More countries are negotiating with Iran to get ships through, …
At a Glance Iran is consolidating its control of the permission-based route through the Strait of Hormuz that allows vessels to transit via Larak Island. The route, a selective blockade, …
At a Glance The Strait of Hormuz has shifted from open transit to a controlled, permission-based corridor , with selective access and emerging denial patterns. has shifted from open transit …
At a Glance Six AIS-transmitting vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s controlled transit system, with additional dark movements likely. under Iran’s controlled transit system, with additional dark movements …
At a Glance Hormuz is no longer operating as an open transit chokepoint, but as a controlled, permission-based corridor with selective access and emerging denial patterns . is no longer …
At a Glance Transit through the Strait of Hormuz remains active but increasingly restricted , with six confirmed eastbound vessel movements under a tightly controlled Iranian corridor. , with under …
At a Glance Transit through the Strait of Hormuz continues to scale , with seven confirmed non-Iranian vessel crossings under a controlled Iranian passage system. , with under a controlled …
Number of confirmed incidents: 30 (20 vessels and 10 oil, gas, and port facilities). At a Glance Since the start of Operation Epic Fury , at least 21 maritime incidents …
Four weeks into the Iran war, maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has not ceased, but it has fundamentally changed. AIS-visible crossings dropped to near zero at multiple points, …
At a Glance Maritime activity remains constrained but active , with vessel movements continuing under controlled routing patterns. , with vessel movements continuing under controlled routing patterns. Transit through Hormuz …
At a Glance Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained near collapse throughout the third week , with only 16 AIS-visible crossings recorded over a seven -day period and …
Ships linked to China, India, or those supplying agricultural products to Iran or transporting its energy commodities safely transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past three days via an …
At a Glance Three 20-year-old LNG carriers sold to a newly formed company in Türkiye; two reflagged to Sierra Leone. Vessels currently idle or repositioning, with no post-sale LNG cargo …
At a Glance Strikes on Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdulla refineries on March 19 have intensified the jet fuel crisis, which was already strained by the effective four-week closure …
At a Glance Strait of Hormuz transits have collapsed 94.2% since February 28 , falling from a pre-war average of 120 daily transits to just 6.9 , with satellite imagery …
At a Glance Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely constrained , with transit operating under controlled conditions rather than normal commercial flow. , with transit operating under controlled …
At a Glance The tanker Sea Horse , carrying Russian gasoil to Cuba, has been broadcasting that it is “not under command” and drifting in the Sargasso Sea for nearly …
At a Glance Bulk carriers sailing eastbound to exit the Middle East Gulf are re-routing through Iranian territorial waters to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, circumventing shorter, normal international navigation …
At a Glance Commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to zero on March 14, marking the first full day of the conflict with no AIS-confirmed crossings in …
At a Glance Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained near a standstill during the week, with only 10 vessel crossings recorded between March 7 and March 11 , …
At a Glance Maritime security conditions across the Gulf deteriorated sharply on March 11 as coordinated attacks targeted commercial vessels across the Strait of Hormuz, the northern Gulf, and Iraqi …
At a Glance Transit activity through the Strait of Hormuz remained heavily suppressed on March 10, with only two outbound crossings recorded and no inbound movements observed. on March 10, …
At a Glance Commercial activity through the Strait of Hormuz fell again on March 9, with only a single outbound Iranian-flagged vessel recorded and no inbound movements observed. on March …
At a Glance Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest level of the conflict, with only two outbound Iranian-flagged vessels recorded and no inbound crossings . . …
At a Glance Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained near a standstill on March 7, with only three total crossings recorded. Selective transit behavior may be emerging, with certain …
At a Glance More than 1,650 vessels experienced GPS and AIS interference across the Middle East Gulf on March 7, up 55% from a week ago. from a week ago. …
At a Glance Operation Epic Fury triggered immediate disruption across maritime chokepoints in the Gulf. Commercial tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed as strikes, threats, and insurance withdrawal …
At a Glance The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed , with only five vessel crossings recorded on March 4. , with only five vessel crossings recorded on March 4. …
At a Glance The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed on March 3, with only four vessels crossing the corridor. War-risk insurance withdrawals are reinforcing the reduction in commercial traffic …
Insurance Market Reaction Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz declined by 80% within 24 hours of strikes being launched on Iran over the weekend as shipowners and charterers weighed whether …
At a Glance Four commercial tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman within 36 hours of Operation Epic Fury. Targeting patterns are consistent with …
At a Glance U.S. strikes under Operation Epic Fury immediately altered maritime risk calculations across the Gulf. Western-affiliated tankers and LNG carriers paused or reversed course before entering the Strait …
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