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shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic through the strait has been effectively closed since
Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime, has been effectively closed and shipping traffic
close to the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week by [capturing two foreign commercial vessels](/news/2026/4/22/iranian-gunboat-fires-on-container-ship-off-oman-coast) on Wednesday and moving them to its coast. Iran called the US attack on its ship
closed. "We're going to see energy prices high - and maybe even rising - until we get meaningful ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
Hormuz, from our perspective, is not completely closed. It is closed only to enemies. There is no reason to allow the ships of our enemies and their allies to pass.” Ships from other countries, Iran
traffic patterns. “Given the Iranian indications that mines have been laid in parts of the Strait of Hormuz, a mine clearance effort will most likely be needed to fully reopen the Strait,” Larsen said
closed to most traffic. - [Why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much in the Iran war](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno) Although the UK gets very little of its gas from the region, the squeeze on supply
traffic, and not just oil tankers. It is possible the country would demand payment in cryptocurrency as a way of avoiding US sanctions. The strait of Hormuz alone accounts for 11% of global maritime trade
close the important oil corridor again and that it could not blackmail the US with such a move. ## What is happening in the strait right now? Lloyd’s List, a maritime firm, said traffic
Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed at the beginning of the war,” Michelle Wiese Bockmann, an analyst at maritime intelligence firm Windward, said in a post on X. “Last night there were few ships taking
traffic, ship operators were told to coordinate with Omani authorities by radio. Ships were advised to avoid navigating in or close to the usual shipping lanes which “should be considered extremely hazardous due the presence
closed the strait by forbidding transits, attacking ships and reportedly laying sea mines. Shipping traffic has since dropped by 95 percent. A week ago, the US implemented a blockade of its own. Its Navy
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
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
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