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May 28, 2026
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz dwindled to only a few mostly Iran-linked vessels crossing on May 27, underscoring the stop-start nature of traffic through the world’s most vital energy chokepoint.
May 21, 2026
Iran is discussing with Oman how to set up some form of a permanent toll system that will formalize its control of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
May 14, 2026
Iran has expanded its definition for the area it considers to be a part of the Strait of Hormuz, having widened it to an operational zone that stretches from the city of Jask along its southeast coast, to Siri Island at the west end of the strait.
May 11, 2026
After Iran announced its plan to charge for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in March, a plethora of scam operators popped up to offer fraudulent paperwork in exchange for payment in cryptocurrency. That problem may now have a solution, though not the one that the shipping community would prefer: Iran has launched an official "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" with its own formal email address, providing owners with a verifiable single window for arranging transit with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.
May 8, 2026
Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy, causing a spike in fuel prices that has rippled through other sectors with effects far beyond the Middle East. It has also left tens of thousands of mariners and hundreds of ships stranded in the Persian Gulf.
May 7, 2026
The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that a temporary 10% global tariff President Donald Trump installed earlier this year is illegal.
May 3, 2026
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will begin guiding some neutral ships trapped in the Persian Gulf out through the Strait of Hormuz starting May 4.
April 27, 2026
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, while proposing that discussions on the larger question of its nuclear program would come in a later phase, two regional officials said Monday.
April 20, 2026
Observed transits of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz have come to a halt following a brief surge on April 18, as tensions ratcheted higher after vessels came under gunfire in the waterway and Iran warned against crossings.
April 14, 2026
A third Iran-linked tanker was entering the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday on the first full day of the U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports, shipping data showed.