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Two ships have been attacked in the strait, one off Oman and the other off the UAE, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the British maritime security agency.
While Iran has yet to officially confirm that the vital waterway has been blocked, marine tracking sites showed tankers piling up on either side of the strait wary of attack or maybe unable to get insurance for the voyage.
The International Maritime Organization urged ships to avoid the strait of Hormuz. Arsenio Dominguez, its secretary-general, expressed deep concern over reports that several seafarers had been injured in attacks.
“I urge all shipping companies to exercise maximum caution,” said Dominguez. “Where possible, vessels should avoid transiting the affected region until conditions improve.”
Maersk, the shipping multinational, announced on Sunday that it was halting passage through the strait of Hormuz and the Suez canal, another vital artery of the world economy, citing “safety” reasons.The Opec+ cartel of producing nations agreed a modest oil output boost of 206,000 barrels per day for April on Sunday, but a lot of that product still has to get out of the Middle East by tanker.
So is Trump’s bombing campaign about to expand into a “freedom of navigation” mission?
The Suez AND Strait of Hormuz?
Pete Kegseth has a new headache. This simply wasn’t one of the scenarios in “Call of Duty”.
