Shipping remains far below prewar levels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers
usworld3h ago
TL;DR
Shipping remains far below prewar levels in the Strait of Hormuz. Just days after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran announced the critical waterway is closed again, threatening oil flows after they had barely started to rebound.
Sources
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The New York Times (World)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/20/world/iran-trump-israel-lebanon/shipping-remains-far-below-prewar-levels-in-the-strait-of-hormuz
8h ago
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The New York Times (World)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/world/middleeast/shipping-remains-far-below-prewar-levels-in-the-strait-of-hormuz.html
8h ago
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Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/06/20/shipping-companies-insurance-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-us-iran-deal
3h ago