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at least five vessels aborted strait of hormuz transits with sharp u-turns and others rerouted toward the oman coast, while iran reportedly maintains minefields and refuses a demining commitment agreed in a june 17 memorandum. a cargo vessel was attacked near hodeidah despite the ceasefire. the friction persists structurally even though india rolled back its emergency gas curbs as lng shipments resumed.

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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. 93%
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%
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. 93%
iran struck a ceasefire with the us and moved talks to doha, but simultaneously consolidated new maritime navigation norms in the strait of hormuz. vessel traffic remains below normal and, according to regional shipping analysis, is unlikely to revert to pre-conflict patterns even if talks succeed. a ceasefire that leaves the physical chokepoint under revised control by one party is structurally different from a genuine de-escalation. 93%
iran fired at least two missiles at commercial ships crossing the strait of hormuz on july 7, striking a qatari lng carrier near the omani coast and a second tanker that caught fire. this broke a memorandum of understanding signed less than three weeks earlier, and coincided with the expiry of a one-week us-iran agreement. 93%
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. 93%

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