CENTCOM's 5 September disabling of tanker Downy off Kharg Island extends the wartime tanker battlespace roughly 300 miles northwest of…
Category: Maritime Regulations
PortWatch Snapshot: Hormuz Flows Still Near One Percent of Pre-War Levels
Early September PortWatch-linked readouts showed Hormuz transits still around roughly one percent of pre-war norms, framing the strait as commercially…
US Claims of Heavy Hormuz Oil Flows Clash with Ship-Tracking Data
On 3 September analysis highlighted a sharp gap between US claims of large escorted oil flows through Hormuz and Kpler/Lloyd's…
Iran Expands Hormuz Blacklist Toward 56 Ships as IRGC Claims Mine Hits on Tankers
Around 2 September, reporting said Iran added about 11 vessels to the PGSA non-compliant list (toward ~56 ships) while IRGC…
JMIC Keeps Hormuz at SEVERE as Commercial Traffic Stays Far Below Baseline
A 1 September JMIC advisory kept Hormuz at SEVERE, citing drifting/uncharted mine risk and commercial traffic still far below baseline…
CENTCOM Blockade Tally Rises: 83 Ships Redirected as Weekend Hormuz Traffic Hits Five a Day
As of 30 August, CENTCOM said it had redirected 83 commercial vessels under the Iran blockade while Kpler-tracked weekend Hormuz…
Hormuz Traffic Still About 95 Percent Below Normal as Trade Routes Rewire
Six months into the Iran conflict, Hormuz commodity traffic remains roughly 95 percent below pre-war levels, forcing energy and liner…
JMIC: Hormuz Mine Danger Areas Still Active as Traffic Stays Far Below Normal
Despite political claims of demining and victory, JMIC said drifting/uncharted mine risk remains near the Hormuz TSS, mine danger areas…
Qatar Joins Iran-Oman Talks on Temporary Hormuz Shipping Corridor
On 27 August, Qatar's prime minister discussed Iran and Oman's proposed temporary Hormuz navigation corridor in Tehran — as regional…
Iran and Oman Agree Temporary Seven-Mile Hormuz Corridor Framework
Iran and Oman outlined a phased framework for a temporary joint navigational corridor about seven miles wide in the Strait…
