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2026March › 04

Strait

4 months ago

The passengers and crews are unable to leave the ships, which have become floating hotels, after escalating hostilities raised fears over safety in the Strait of Hormuz.

With shipping routes disrupted and tensions rising across the region we want to hear from maritime workers, sailors and port workers and others working at sea who are affected

The conflict in the Midd…

Lord Ricketts said the Iranians were running an 'asymmetric attack' on Gulf oil sites and the Strait of Hormuz because they have no match for US and Israeli airpower.
One-fifth of the global oil is shipped through the strait, which remains effectively closed amid US-Israeli war on Iran.
UAE and Iran have urged citizens to avoid stockpiling
Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz echo the 1980s conflict. Here are the weapons Tehran can use against commercial shipping

US military says strikes in the first 24 hours was nearly double the scale of the 2003 ‘shock-and-awe’ operation in Iraq; US president orders insurance to be provided for shipping in crucial waterway

Passengers and crews have been confined to their ships after escalating hostilities raised fears over safety in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most vital shipping lanes.
Attacks on energy facilities, along with Iran blockading the Strait of Hormuz, are raising global oil and gas prices.
Gas prices have surged to a three-year-high and oil has shot up since the Iranian military threatened to blow up any vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

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