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Leading the register · Chokepoint

Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping

Recorded transits through the Strait of Hormuz averaged 3.3 a day in the week to 25 October 2026, against 86 a day in 2025, after the United States and Israel struck Iran on 28 February. Iran said on 4 October that the strait would stay closed until its conditions were met.
A grey Military Sealift Command oiler at sea, with a red-hulled tanker beyond it, in the Strait of Hormuz
The Military Sealift Command oiler USNS Leroy Grumman transits the Strait of Hormuz, with another ship ahead of it. File photo, December 2020.Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort, U.S. Navy (source), Public domain (work of the US federal government). Cropped from the original.

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