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Strait of Hormuz

33km chokepoint for a fifth of global oil and LNG; contested amid Iran conflict.

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#180 30 Sept

Held some 23 million barrels of Iranian crude behind it

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran loads no crude for a whole month
#180 30 Sept
Advised airlines to avoid gulf waters by←EUEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 29 Sept

Carried four struck tankers over 28 and 29 September

Iran Conflict 2026: Al Funtas is struck and files no report
#180 29 Sept
#180 29 Sept
Reported on by←LLLloyd's List
“counted 81 campaign incidents”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 29 Sept
“claimed strike on tanker north of dubai”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 28 Sept
#180 28 Sept

Carried at least four loaded Qatar-linked carriers in late September

Iran Conflict 2026: QatarEnergy suspends gas as ships move
#180 28 Sept
Reported on by←KKpler
“counted loaded qatari crossings”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#13 27 Sept

Iran claims to hold a US Kingfish robot

Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea
#180 27 Sept
Reported on by←MMarineTraffic
“counted 132 transits in week to 27 september”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 27 Sept
Reported on by←IPIMF PortWatch
“recorded one transit on 27 september”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 25 Sept

Drew two incompatible war-risk quotes in the same week

Iran Conflict 2026: Supertanker hire passes $1.2m a day
#180 25 Sept
Analysed by←RGRTP Global
“assessed war risk premium for transit”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 25 Sept
Analysed by←LLLloyd's List
“assessed war risk premium for transit”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#180 22 Sept

Carried the diverted Saudi barrels while the pipeline was down

Iran Conflict 2026: Aramco restarts Petroline but not fully
#180 22 Sept
Pushed crude through the chokepoint while the line was down by←SASaudi Arabia
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#179 20 Sept
#178 13 Sept
#179 13 Sept
#178 13 Sept
Reported on by←UUKMTO
“logged incident and advised caution”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#179 11 Sept
#178 10 Sept
#177 8 Sept
#175 1 Sept
#175 1 Sept
#175 27 Aug
#173 19 Aug
#172 18 Aug
#173 18 Aug
#173 18 Aug
#173 18 Aug
#173 18 Aug
#171 16 Aug
#171 16 Aug
#172 15 Aug
#170 12 Aug
#170 12 Aug
Demanded remediation payment by←EBEsmaeil Baqaei
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#170 11 Aug
#169 11 Aug
#170 11 Aug
Reported on by←KKpler
“tracked traffic shifting to iranian route”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#170 11 Aug
Reported on by←LLLloyd's List
“recorded weekly transit count”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#169 10 Aug
#168 9 Aug
#11 9 Aug
#168 7 Aug

Contained the reported vessel incident

Iran Conflict 2026: UAE says an Iranian missile hit its vessel
#168 7 Aug

Remained closed under the stated conditions

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran sets six terms to reopen Hormuz
#168 6 Aug

Carried 84 recorded weekly transits

Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz transits rise to an eighth of normal
#167 5 Aug
#22 3 Aug
#164 30 Jul
#10 30 Jul
#164 30 Jul
#22 29 Jul
#22 28 Jul
#163 27 Jul
#163 27 Jul
Negotiated with←OOman
“proposed security coalition for”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#30 24 Jul
#161 24 Jul
#19 23 Jul
#159 22 Jul
#160 21 Jul
#158 21 Jul
#19 20 Jul
#19 20 Jul
#158 20 Jul
#28 19 Jul

Showed AIS-verified curtailment rather than a confirmed closure

European Energy Markets: IRGC claims Hormuz closed; CENTCOM denies it
#156 18 Jul
#156 18 Jul
#155 17 Jul
#156 17 Jul
#18 16 Jul
#156 16 Jul
#27 15 Jul

TTF hits €55 on a Hormuz toll

European Energy Markets
#154 14 Jul
#154 14 Jul
#26 13 Jul

TTF round-trips back above €50

European Energy Markets
#16 13 Jul
#153 12 Jul
#151 8 Jul
#15 8 Jul
#149 8 Jul
#149 7 Jul

Hosted the missile attacks on commercial vessels that CENTCOM said it answered

Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM hits 80 sites; Iran claims Gulf
#149 7 Jul

Remained at SEVERE threat as the IRGC herded vessels into the northern corridor

Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz held severe as Guard herds ships
#148 6 Jul
#6 6 Jul

Oman clears mine mission, then a stall

Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea
#148 6 Jul
#147 4 Jul
#23 3 Jul

Registered daily transits of 27 to 43 vessels, still a fraction of the 84 pre-crisis baseline

European Energy Markets: Hormuz stand-down has not reopened the strait
#23 3 Jul
#146 2 Jul

Cleared thirty-five tankers on 2 July, matching pre-war levels

Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz tanker count back to pre-war
#144 2 Jul
#13 2 Jul

Continued reopening without incident, eroding the risk premium built into Brent

European Oil Markets: Brent grinds to $70 into OPEC+ weekend
#24 1 Jul

Hosted the tanker-transit recovery

European Energy Markets: Hormuz tankers hit pre-war daily range
#144 1 Jul
#24 30 Jun

Carried LNG carriers under a separate escort-convoy regime from crude

European Energy Markets: LNG carriers run under a separate cap
#142 30 Jun
#141 27 Jun
#140 26 Jun
#140 25 Jun
#138 25 Jun
#138 25 Jun
#140 25 Jun
#140 25 Jun
#138 25 Jun
#139 24 Jun
#137 23 Jun
#137 23 Jun
#4 23 Jun

Allied robot minehunters reach the Gulf

Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea
#137 23 Jun
#135 22 Jun
#20 22 Jun
#136 22 Jun
#136 22 Jun
#21 22 Jun
#10 22 Jun
#20 22 Jun
#134 20 Jun
#134 20 Jun
#133 19 Jun
#133 19 Jun
#131 18 Jun

Remained operationally closed to commercial insurance-backed transit despite Brent pricing a reopening

Iran Conflict 2026: Oil prices a Hormuz reopening that has not happened
#132 18 Jun
#132 18 Jun
#10 18 Jun
#19 17 Jun

Asia clears the LNG queue first

European Energy Markets
#20 17 Jun
#19 16 Jun

TTF settles €41 as the ban binds

European Energy Markets
#19 16 Jun
#19 16 Jun

Qatar restart leaves a fifth out

European Energy Markets
#130 16 Jun
#9 16 Jun

Remained priced as disrupted in forward freight despite flat-crude diplomacy selloff

European Oil Markets: VLCC forward freight stays 2x Atlantic
#129 15 Jun
#128 14 Jun

Named by Trump as immediately reopened toll-free

Iran Conflict 2026: Trump declares the war over by post
#127 14 Jun
#127 13 Jun
#126 13 Jun

Contested waterway where drone combat occurred

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran fires drones at Hormuz ships, US downs all
#126 12 Jun
#17 11 Jun
#124 11 Jun

Declared closed to all vessel transit by IRGC order

Iran Conflict 2026: IRGC declares Hormuz shut, vetoing Iran's own deal
#123 9 Jun

Served as the operational area for the drone-boat rescue

Iran Conflict 2026: Drone boat rescued the downed Apache crew
#6 4 Jun

blockaded chokepoint whose reopening is being discussed

European Oil Markets: Novak admits drones are cutting Russian oil
#6 4 Jun
#116 2 Jun
#120 2 Jun
#114 1 Jun
#113 30 May

Contested waterway whose blockade generated the 116-vessel redirection count

Iran Conflict 2026: Mentioned in: Hellfire disables a cargo ship's engine
#2 30 May
#113 30 May
#113 29 May
#111 28 May
#4 28 May
#111 28 May
#110 27 May
#1 27 May

Robot minehunter now sails for Hormuz

Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea
#110 27 May
#12 26 May
#108 26 May
#107 25 May
#108 25 May

Served as the operational zone for IRGC mine-laying activity targeted in the strikes

Iran Conflict 2026: US strikes Iran's naval base mid-talks
#107 24 May
#106 23 May

Named in Trump's declaration as the waterway that 'will be opened'

Iran Conflict 2026: Trump declares Iran deal, signs nothing
#11 22 May
#104 20 May

Logged only 2 commercial transits on 20 May, down from 7 on 19 May

Iran Conflict 2026: Rial bill, yuan portal, two ships
#10 20 May

UK sends £115M to Hormuz drones

Drones: Industry & Defence
#102 18 May
#102 18 May
#100 16 May

Designated as toll route by Azizi announcement

Iran Conflict 2026: Azizi names Hormuz toll regime on X
#99 15 May
#100 15 May

Provided operational setting for Iranian guided-passage confirmation

Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi tells Jaishankar Iran guides Indian ships
#96 13 May
#96 12 May
#1 11 May

Remained physically restricted for maritime transit weeks after 17 April ceasefire

European Oil Markets: Brent-Dubai EFS over $6, TD3C at WS458
#95 11 May

Named as target for potential ground takeover in military options briefing

Iran Conflict 2026: Trump weighs three Iran options, signs none
#93 10 May
#8 8 May

Served as the operational theatre for Project Freedom and Iran's new permit regime

European Energy Markets: TTF holds €43-47 through Hormuz week
#91 7 May
#90 7 May
#91 7 May
#90 6 May
#89 4 May
#7 4 May
#88 4 May
#1 3 May

Disrupted chokepoint whose risk the lost UAE spare-capacity buffer amplifies

European Oil Markets: Mentioned in: OPEC+ hike 188kbd, UAE out of the room
#88 3 May
#88 3 May
#86 1 May

Named as the reopening concession Iran offered in exchange for US lifting blockade

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran's fourth ceasefire text on 1 May
#86 1 May

Named as the locus of prohibited toll payment demands

Iran Conflict 2026: OFAC issues GL-W on same Friday
#85 30 Apr
#4 30 Apr
#82 27 Apr
#6 27 Apr
#81 27 Apr

Remained effectively shut with only five transits in 24 hours on 27 April

Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM blockade widens past Hormuz strait
#81 27 Apr
#5 25 Apr

Recorded zero LNG transits on 25 April despite ceasefire extension

European Energy Markets: Hormuz: 19 transits, no LNG; ALSI bounce was Atlantic
#79 25 Apr

Continued as site of CENTCOM vessel redirections

Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM intercepts reach 33 in the Strait
#78 23 Apr
#80 23 Apr
#14 22 Apr
#78 22 Apr
#77 22 Apr

Named as site requiring up to six months of post-war clearance operations

Iran Conflict 2026: Pentagon gives Congress Hormuz clock Trump has not
#77 22 Apr

Served as site of first IRGC vessel seizures since war began

Iran Conflict 2026: IRGC boards three ships inside Hormuz
#76 20 Apr
#4 18 Apr

Re-closed on 18 April by Iranian declaration, halting LNG transits for the second time

European Energy Markets: Iran re-closes Hormuz after one-day opening
#72 17 Apr

Declared open then closed within 24 hours

Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz opens then closes in 24 hours
#70 17 Apr

Named as subject of multilateral mission commitment

Iran Conflict 2026: Paris drafts the Hormuz passage mission
#71 17 Apr
#74 18 Apr
Negotiated with←AAAbbas Araghchi
“announced civilian corridor through”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#72 18 Apr
“fired on tanker in strait”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#8 16 Apr

Unresolved issue in US-Iran talks

2026 FIFA World Cup: Mentioned in: Pakistan ceasefire runs to 22 April
#72 17 Apr
Deployed to by←DTDonald Trump
“declared blockade to remain”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#72 17 Apr
Criticised by←EREbrahim Rezaei
“conditioned ceasefire extension on hormuz control”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#72 17 Apr
Stated by←AAAbbas Araghchi
“declared hormuz open”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#70 15 Apr
#2 15 Apr
#69 15 Apr
#69 14 Apr
#68 14 Apr
#1 13 Apr
#67 12 Apr
#5 12 Apr
#5 12 Apr

Iran breaks Gulf ceasefire within hours

Drones: Industry & Defence
#1 13 Apr
Criticised by←DTDonald Trump
“threatened strait blockade”
European Energy Markets · source event
#5 12 Apr
Authorised by←DTDonald Trump
“declared naval blockade of”
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event
#65 10 Apr
#65 10 Apr
#61 7 Apr
#61 7 Apr
#61 7 Apr
#2 4 Apr
#2 4 Apr
Completed by←JJapan
“completed first carveout hormuz lng transit”
European Energy Markets · source event
#2 4 Apr
Completed by←FFrance
“completed first carveout hormuz container transit”
European Energy Markets · source event
#3 1 Apr
“assessed hormuz disruption impact”
European Energy Markets · source event
#3 1 Apr
“quantified supply cut from hormuz closure”
European Energy Markets · source event