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Iran blocks Strait of Hormoz shipping lanes to 5% capacity
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Updated 12h ago |
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Iranian forces have restricted naval passage through the strategic waterway, reducing traffic volume in recent days compared with peacetime levels and forcing most vessels away from this critical chokepoint for global trade routes.
Key Points
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1A blockade of the Strait of Hormoz has restricted cargo and tanker traffic to only about 5% compared with peacetime levels.
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2Between March 1st and April 20th, a total of just over one hundred ships were able to pass through this critical waterway due to Iranian restrictions.
Developments
[Mar] Mar
Total cargo traffic in the Strait reduced by approximately ninety-five percent compared with peacetime levels, allowing only one hundred and sixteen ships of all types between March first through April twentieth due to Iranian restrictions.
[Feb 20]
Israeli forces attacked targets located near Tehran as well in the southern part Beirut according reports from Portuguese media outlets on February twenty-first at eight thirty-two AM local time .
Bloqueio do Estreito de Ormuz corta 95% do trânsito de navios
Jornaldenegocios.pt
12h ago
Between March 1 and April 20 (note: text says "março" but context implies end of period; strictly sticking to dates in source), only 5% of the normal volume or approximately one-third as many ships passed through. The blockade has reduced traffic by roughly two-thirds, with Iranian-flagged vessels accounting for most crossings and over half being under US sanctions since March