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only 14 commodity carriers transited the strait of hormuz on july 8 — the lowest since the mid-june interim deal — as us strikes on iranian targets resumed for a second day and trump declared the ceasefire over. the us space force repositioned surveillance satellites over concern iran could jam gps signals used for commercial navigation and precision munitions. a near-halt of one of the world's main oil chokepoints combined with orbital repositioning is a rare simultaneous stress on physical and space infrastructure.

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despite a us presidential announcement of a preliminary us-iran ceasefire deal and an order to restart transit, marine traffic data showed 1,500 vessels still trapped in the persian gulf three days later, with no ships resuming hormuz passage. shipping companies and insurers declined to move until physical conditions confirmed safety, not just diplomatic language. the gap between a public political announcement and observed physical reality at a chokepoint carrying roughly a fifth of global oil is the structural anomaly: the deal's credibility was not sufficient to move ships. 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. 92%
vessel transits through the strait of hormuz dropped from 74 ships on june 24 to 22 by june 28 — a 70% compression — following us military strikes on iran june 27-29. recovery began to approximately 24 vessels by june 30. the strait carries 20-25% of world seaborne oil, making a 70% four-day collapse a significant structural disruption to global energy logistics, not a routine fluctuation. 92%
cargo and tanker bookings through the strait of hormuz halted after renewed us airstrikes on iran and iranian retaliation shattered a ceasefire that had held since june 18. the persian gulf is the chokepoint for a large share of the world's seaborne oil, so a full traffic halt there is a rare physical-layer event, not just a diplomatic one. 92%
iran announced the strait of hormuz closed on june 22, citing ceasefire violations after israeli strikes in lebanon. daily vessel transits dropped from 35 to 12 in one day, with five of eight inbound ships running dark ais. the strait handles roughly 20% of global seaborne oil; a single-day transit collapse of this magnitude is structurally unusual regardless of whether the closure holds. 92%
commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz collapsed to near zero between june 11 and 14, with only one crossing detected on tracking systems. a major japanese operator announced a multiweek suspension of transits pending confidence in a u.s.-iran deal. a near-total halt of traffic through one of the world's busiest oil chokepoints, driven by anticipation rather than a closure order, is structurally unusual. 92%

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