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Cycle #88

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hormuz strait traffic remains fragmented at roughly 85 percent below the pre-war baseline of 130-140 daily crossings; vessels shifted to an iran-designated route after irgc warnings on july 5, then partly resumed the omani corridor a day later. a cargo vessel was also attacked ~55km southwest of hodeidah in the red sea, the bypass route now carrying middle east oil. the inconsistent rerouting suggests tactical improvisation by shippers rather than any resolution.

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the strait of hormuz remains largely closed to very large crude carriers despite ceasefire optimism, forcing charterers to reroute oil through oman and the red sea while iranian patrol activity continues. this is an unusual persistence of disruption in one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints even after diplomatic de-escalation signals. 94%
a foreign container ship ran aground in the strait of hormuz after transiting on a route iran had not approved, and tehran framed the grounding as enforcement of its own routing discipline in the world's most important oil chokepoint. tracking data the same day showed traffic splitting across iranian, omani, imo-designated, and dark unidentified routes. a single state unilaterally imposing corridor discipline on an international strait, with vessels visibly complying or hiding, is a structural change in how the chokepoint operates. 94%
the ceasefire with iran was declared terminated and oil tanker traffic through the strait of hormuz fell to roughly one third of pre-war levels, with at least one tanker reversing mid-transit and visible lng traffic stopping. remaining vessels are funneling through a single narrow iranian corridor near larak island while the extent of iranian sea mining remains unmapped. the same chokepoint carries multiple asia-europe submarine cables, stacking energy, shipping, and data fragility in one place. 94%
only two supertankers transited the strait of hormuz on a single day, down from a pre-conflict average of 125-140 daily sailings, following intensified us-iran military activity. roughly a fifth of the world's oil normally moves through this passage; a near-standstill of this magnitude is a structural event, not a fluctuation. a handful of lng tankers re-entered to load cargo despite iranian attacks on shipping, a sign of how much money is willing to accept the risk. 94%
oil tankers in the strait of hormuz performed unexplained u-turns and shifted to the oman-side route despite a us-protected corridor, while a cargo vessel was attacked by armed assailants 30 nautical miles off hodeidah, yemen. separately, congestion at jeddah port is straining the overland alternative. the world's key oil chokepoints are all showing stress at once, even as india reports fertilizer shipments transiting hormuz safely — nervous behavior without a declared cause. 94%
iran asserted control over vessel routing through the strait of hormuz and threatened passage fees, then a container ship ran aground after ignoring iran's approved route. shipping has since resumed via an oman-side corridor under a ceasefire framework, but iranian revolutionary guard vessels remain active nearby, meaning the world's most important oil chokepoint is now operating under contested rules rather than open transit. 93%

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