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Vessels trickle through Strait of Hormuz as Mideast tension persists

Global Published 21 September 2026, 08:14 · archived 21 Sep 2026

SINGAPORE: A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz ​on the weekend, down from 35 the ‌prior weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the US and ​Iran in stalemate. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say supertanker struck by mines in Strait of Hormuz Visible traffic through the ​strait, the conduit for a fifth of ⁠the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas ​before the war, has dwindled to a trickle, ​however Middle Eastern producers continue to export oil on tankers travelling with their transponders off. Among trackable ships, ​four vessels — two...

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