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Traffic in Strait of Hormuz skyrockets nearly 400%, as analysts say Irans grip on critical waterway weakens

Today - Iran appears to be losing its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while traffic through the critical waterway has exploded by nearly 400% over the last two weeks - as ships increasingly use a US-backed corridor to cross. Nearly 200 ships navigated the strait last week, up from 150 the previous week and just 40 two weeks earlier, according to data from the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center. The surge brings total traffic along the passage route to about 20% of pre-war levels, through which roughly 20% of the worl...

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U.S.-Iran tensions slow tanker traffic through Strait of Hormuz, trade group says

June 23, 2025 - U.S.-Iran tensions slow tanker traffic through Strait of Hormuz, trade group says | 23 June 2025 | A growing number of cargo ships are said to be steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery for global oil and gas shipments, as tensions spike in the Middle East following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian......

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Trump Says He May Declare Strait of Hormuz 'Territory of the United States' as Iran Blockade Cuts Ship Traffic by 90%

August 15, 2026 - There are places on this earth where geography is destiny — narrow seams in the map where the entire global economy hangs by a thread. The post Trump Says He May Declare Strait of Hormuz ‘Territory of the United States’ as Iran Blockade Cuts Ship Traffic by 90% appeared first on Patriot Journal....

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Trump Says He May Declare Strait of Hormuz 'Territory of the United States' as Iran Blockade Cuts Ship Traffic by 90%

August 15, 2026 - There are places on this earth where geography is destiny — narrow seams in the map where the entire global economy hangs by a thread. The post Trump Says He May Declare Strait of Hormuz ‘Territory of the United States’ as Iran Blockade Cuts Ship Traffic by 90% appeared first on Patriot Journal....

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Greece and Britain have advised their merchant shipping fleets to avoid sailing through the Gulf of Aden and to log all voyages through the Strait of Hormuz after Israels large-scale attacks on Iran on Friday, documents seen by Reuters showed. Iran has in the past threatened to close the critical Strait of Hormuz to traffic in retaliation for Western pressure. Analysts have said that any closure of the strait could restrict trade and impact global oil prices. Greek shipowners were urged to send details of ...

June 14, 2025 - Greece and Britain have advised their merchant shipping fleets to avoid sailing through the Gulf of Aden and to log all voyages through the Strait of Hormuz after Israels large-scale attacks on Iran on Friday, documents seen by Reuters showed. Iran has in the past threatened to close the critical Strait of Hormuz to traffic in retaliation for Western pressure. Analysts have said that any closure of the strait could restrict trade and impact global oil prices. Greek shipowners were urged to send details of ...

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Iran and Oman are close to an agreement to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic that would see both countries collect a so-called "service fee" to cover environmental and security costs. The New York Times reported late Monday, citing Iranian and US officials familiar with the developing accord, that ships entering the strait from the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Oman would be required to take a route through Iranian territorial waters. Vessels exiting the strait from the Persian Gulf woul...

August 04, 2026 - Iran and Oman are close to an agreement to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic that would see both countries collect a so-called "service fee" to cover environmental and security costs. The New York Times reported late Monday, citing Iranian and US officials familiar with the developing accord, that ships entering the strait from the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Oman would be required to take a route through Iranian territorial waters. Vessels exiting the strait from the Persian Gulf woul...

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Distribution centers will bring traffic to sleepy middlebury

December 04, 2024 - Yet another distribution center is being proposed, now on the opposite side of the small town of Middlebury. What a pair of bookends that will make! The directly affected middle-class neighborhoods of Straits Turnpike, Three Mile Hill and Kelly Road will be utterly crushed by the excessive traffic, light and air pollution that such a......

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Iran Issues List of Demands, Complicating Efforts to Reopen Strait

August 08, 2026 - The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.A top Iranian national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands on Saturday that he said the United States must meet before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen to maritime traffic, throwing the fate of the critical trade waterway into question.Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, issued a statement ...

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Iran Threatens to Close the Mediterranean Sea to Commerce

December 24, 2023 - Iranian Army via AP. A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general has threatened to close the Straits of Gibraltar to traffic if the US continues to support Israels crusade to root out the terrorists in Gaza. Advertisement. "They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, [the Strait of] Gibraltar and other waterways ...

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Iran’s top security official threatens Hormuz won’t reopen fully ‘until America corrects its behavior’

August 08, 2026 - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threw cold water on hopes for a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz Saturday -- declaring the waterway will not be restored to normal traffic until Washington "fully accepts Iran's conditions."...

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Bret Baier Undercuts Trump's Iran Claim: 'Traffic Has Slowed, Really, To a Trickle'

August 13, 2026 - Fox News anchor Bret Baier undercut President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil flows. On Tuesday, Trump spoke with reporters and addressed the strait, which Iran effectively closed after the U.S. and Israel launched the current war on the country in February. But somehow, the president insisted the U.S. has it all under control. “We totally control the Strait of Hormuz,” he said, reality be damned. “We have control over it. Nobody else. Only us. Our navy is unbelievable, and things are going...

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