Six Oil, Gas Tankers Resume Hormuz Transit via Oman Route as Mine Threat Keeps Risk Substantial
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 5
Six Oil, Gas Tankers Resume Hormuz Transit via Oman Route as Mine Threat Keeps Risk Substantial
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 5
Summary
Six oil and gas freighters were seen crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday along a route close to Oman’s coast, signaling a partial recovery in traffic after unexplained U-turns and detours a day earlier.
The shift reflects security concerns around the US-protected corridor: Western navies say the threat remains substantial and that the center of the strait has been mined.
Two smaller tankers still exited the Persian Gulf by sailing closer to Iran, showing traffic patterns remain uneven rather than fully normalized.
Many vessels are also believed to transit with transponders switched off to avoid digital detection, leaving the visible ship count an incomplete picture of flows through the vital energy chokepoint.