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traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports. US forces say they will intercept or turn back vessels travelling to or from Iran's coast. Washington says ships coming or going from elsewhere will be allowed
traffic. Its statement on X said that U.S. destroyers had also transited the strait. It did not say when the Navy ships arrived or when the merchant vessels departed. Trump's announcement Sunday that
closed the Strait of Hormuz again, as ceasefire nears its end](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789780/iran-middle-east-updates) More than 20,000 seafarers have been stuck on hundreds of ships in the Gulf since the war began in late
Hormuz remains closed, the higher prices of urea, ammonia, sulfur and phosphates are likely to rise, spelling higher costs for farmers. The FAO has estimated that fertiliser prices could be an average 20 percent higher
closed following new US strikes. Iran views the Strait of Hormuz as its most important point of leverage in negotiations with the US and it will not give up control of the strait
Hormuz Strait if such a blockade were to remain in effect. Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is closely aligned with the IRGC, reported that Tehran considers the continuation of the US blockade a violation
close both waterways “The choice is yours; stop the folly or enter into a regulated balance of the two straits”. The joint closure of the strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab has the capacity
closed down airspaces and plunged the aviation industry into chaos, airlines traversing the Middle East are slowly returning to normal traffic after being forced to cancel and reroute hundreds of flights
ships, [restricting Tehran’s ability to export oil](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape) and cutting off a crucial source of its revenue. ![epa12918541 Iranians walk past a huge billboard carrying a sentence reading in Persian 'The Strait of Hormuz
Hormuz, despite the ongoing blockade of the critical shipping channel. The 142m-long (465 feet) Nord luxury boat, linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, travelled from Dubai to Muscat, Oman over the weekend
traffic. Before the war, more than a 100 commercial ships sailed through the strait daily, going to and from Iran, as well as Arab countries, carrying oil, natural gas and other key components
traffic levels are still extremely low, sometimes as low as three ships a day compared with 120–140 in normal conditions. “Foreigners who maliciously covet it [the strait] from thousands of kilometres away have
closed off most access to the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are shipped from Gulf producers. Before the start
Hormuz in retaliation for the United States and Israel’s attacks on the country. Before the war, the strait functioned as one of the world’s most critical shipping routes, carrying about one-fifth
Hormuz, boots on the ground could – at least initially – fall short of an incursion on to the mainland, and be limited instead to occupying one or more of several islands in the Gulf off Iran
shipping route had been choked off by the war in the Middle East, with Iran effectively closing off the narrow strait. In addition, Iran's retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries' oil and gas refineries have
Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively been closed to shipping since the start of March. Airlines are not physically running short of fuel currently, but there have been warnings of potential shortages by the summer
ship on vessels transiting through the strait, according to reports. Iran would then use the money it raises for reconstruction. If peace talks fail, Tehran may again seek to close the strait. --- ## Will
traffic stuck in the Gulf and repositioning ships to return to the region, which could take at least three to five weeks, Cinquegrana says. For example, the oil tankers that transit the Gulf, known
closing the strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) in a move that has blocked off a fifth of the global oil trade. The US has responded with its own [blockade to lock in Iranian