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25 commercial vessels crossed the strait of hormuz on thursday — the highest single-day count in two months — following a us-iran ceasefire agreement. separately, seven iranian supertankers carrying capacity for 14 million barrels exited the port of chabahar on friday, compared to four over the prior two days combined. the strait and chabahar together represent the primary chokepoint for iranian oil export; simultaneous movement at both nodes in one day marks a meaningful reopening of the physical energy corridor.

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iran's revolutionary guard announced closure of the strait of hormuz on june 20 citing israeli operations in southern lebanon, directly contradicting an existing us-iran ceasefire framework. within the same reporting window, vessel transits surged to 25 commercial ships on june 19 — the highest in two months — with 80 million barrels of crude positioned in the gulf awaiting passage. the simultaneous closure announcement and traffic surge means the operational reality of the strait diverged sharply from the political signal being sent, which is itself a structural data point. 95%
the strait of hormuz reopened june 18 as part of a us-iran 60-day ceasefire memorandum; major vessels moved through for the first time in 110 days after sitting stranded since february. this is structurally significant because the strait carries roughly 20% of global oil shipments — the length of the closure and the abruptness of its resolution both represent unusual disruption to a critical chokepoint. the ceasefire is interim; the physical layer has restarted but the political layer remains unresolved. 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%
after 110 days of closure during us-iran conflict, major shipowners moved tankers through the strait of hormuz for the first time, with grimaldi, cosco, knutsen and nyk vessels crossing under a us-iran interim agreement. as of june 22, 441 large vessels remained clustered near sohar and fujairah awaiting full reopening. a 110-day complete closure of the world's most important oil chokepoint is without modern precedent; the slow queue drawdown indicates operators remain cautious despite ceasefire signals. 94%
traffic through the strait of hormuz quadrupled as shipping confidence returned following the us-iran ceasefire, with a backlog expected to take weeks to clear and more than 8,000 non-gulf sailors still stranded. a chokepoint carrying a fifth of global oil going from near-empty to congested in days shows how fast physical trade repriced a single diplomatic signal. the european central bank separately confirmed its rate decision preceded the ceasefire by ten days, placing monetary policy and the supply shock on overlapping clocks. 94%
tanker traffic through the strait of hormuz climbed 270% week-on-week after a 60-day us-iran ceasefire framework, recovering from near-standstill — but 8,000 crew remain stranded and fresh attacks are already testing the agreement. a fifth of global oil flow is moving again on a truce that is being probed in real time, which makes the recovery more fragile than the traffic numbers suggest. 94%

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