Hormuz Shipping Slows to 2 Inbound Vessels After Supertankers Exit
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 27
Hormuz Shipping Slows to 2 Inbound Vessels After Supertankers Exit
11 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 27
Only two ships were seen entering the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, leaving commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reduced to a handful of mostly Iran-linked vessels.
Ship-tracking data also showed a Chinese fuel tanker apparently pausing midway on its outbound voyage, reinforcing the stop-start pattern of movement through the chokepoint.
The sharp slowdown followed a brief burst of activity a day earlier, when two international oil supertankers exited the waterway.
The lull highlights renewed disruption in the world’s most vital energy chokepoint as the Iran war continues to unsettle shipping flows.
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