Traffic through Strait of Hormuz falls steeply after new US-Iran strikes

Data shows a decline in the number of ships - many carrying oil and gas - going through the waterway after attacks this week.

Oil transfer activity in Gulf of Oman slows following ship attacks, data shows

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Iranian forces, according to satellite analysis and sources.
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As US blockades Iran, its oil still flows ship to ship an ocean away

Since the U.S. blockade in the Gulf of Oman began last month, at least 13 tankers have offloaded Iranian oil in covert ship-to-ship transfers thousands of miles away, near a cluster of small islands in Indonesia known as the Riau Archipelago, according to ...
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About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war

HONG KONG (AP) — About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil at a time when the waterway has been effectively closed, according to ...
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More than two dozen Iran-linked oil ships have evaded U.S. blockade - report

At least 26 Iran-linked ships carrying oil and gas have evaded the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, including 11 oil-and-gas tankers and two very large crude carriers that can each move ~2M barrels of oil, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing ...
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Even With U.S. Help, Little Oil Has Gone Through Strait of Hormuz

President Trump said more than 200 commercial vessels had safely traveled through the strait. That’s still far fewer than before the start of the war. By Peter Eavis Even as the United States tries to negotiate an end to the war with Iran and open the ...
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Trump says Iran’s ‘present’ was oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump said Thursday that Iran's "present" to the U.S. he mentioned two days earlier was the passage of 10 oil-carrying ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump told reporters ...
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Oil Prices Jump as Ships Come Under Fire in Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices jumped on Wednesday with Brent trading above $100 a barrel, erasing earlier losses following reports of gunfire attacks on at least three container ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up $1.59, or 1.6%, at $100.07 a ...
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Ships at L.A.’s ports face a fuel shock that’s shaking the economy

The price of fuel for cargo ships has nearly doubled in L.A. in the last two months, putting pressure on shipping companies and forcing them to impose fuel surcharges. Like regular gas, the fuel ships use is more expensive in California than in most places ...