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the first ais-visible transits through the hormuz strait center corridor were recorded on june 23, with 21 ships moving in mixed directions following conflict-driven closure. tanker operators are still assessing risk and insurance costs, signaling partial rather than full normalization. hormuz handles roughly a fifth of global oil trade; even a partial reopening after a war-driven disruption is structurally significant for global energy flow.

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following a u.s.-iran ceasefire memorandum, 55 merchant ships transited the strait of hormuz on june 20 — the first significant traffic after months of blockade. however, uncleared mines remain in the shipping lanes, and traffic is now routed between a u.s.-backed southern corridor and an iranian-controlled northern corridor. the physical hazard is unresolved; the geopolitical architecture governing transit is now dual-tracked along adversarial lines, which is structurally unusual for one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints. 94%
the strait of hormuz has operated at roughly 5% of normal traffic since late february, with satellite imagery now showing the us conducting at least 90 million barrels of ship-to-ship oil transfers offshore using methods that mirror iranian sanctions-evasion tactics. shipping industry executives warn that reopening will require safely moving 500 backed-up crude tankers and container ships through a waterway still suspected of containing mines, and that the terms of any us-iran pact remain unclear. this combination — a three-month chokepoint closure, covert workaround logistics at scale, and a chaotic reopening window — represents a structural disruption to global energy transport with no clean resolution path visible. 93%
the strait of hormuz recorded 31 verified transits in a single day under a managed maritime corridor established by oman and the international maritime organization, with three tankers carrying 5 million barrels exiting the strait. the us secretary of state explicitly ruled out iran charging transit tolls under any final agreement, while iran had announced a 60-day waiver on planned fees. this represents a partial reopening of one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints after a period of disruption, but the corridor structure is new and explicitly managed rather than freely operating. 93%
tanker transits through the strait of hormuz fell to two vessels on july 9 after renewed us airstrikes on iran and retaliation, with ships switching off ais transponders to hide their movements. hormuz is the chokepoint for a large share of seaborne oil. a near-total halt combined with vessels going dark is a sharp physical-layer stress signal. 93%
tanker transits through the strait of hormuz fell from 47 to 23 vessels in one week after attacks on commercial ships, with gps/ais spoofing returning to the waterway. roughly a fifth of the world's oil moves through this channel, and traffic halving in seven days is a structural shock, not a fluctuation — though loaded lng carriers from qatar still made the passage, keeping european gas prices contained. 93%
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. 92%

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