"We've reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection. Clearly momentum is building,” Cooper said in a video posted on social media.
“We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection,” Cooper says
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says US assistance helped 18 million barrels move through the Strait of Hormuz, nearing pre-war oil flow levels. #shorts #foxbusiness
‘Our transits through the strait are averaging over 9 million barrels a day now’
Oil tankers have developed new tactics for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Greek-owned supertanker Kiku has been seen going dark, turning off its AIS transponders and traveling at night to go undetected. CNN's David Goldman reports. #CNN #News
While the shipments help supply global markets and mitigate energy price shocks, they still don't quite match the 20 million barrels of oil per day that flowed prior to the war in Iran.
More vessels are navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their location devices turned off to evade attacks by Iran, adding to the threat of collisions.
About 10 million barrels of oil per day have slipped past the Iranian blockade utilizing the secret route.
The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz has become the focal point of the Iran war. Over the past several months, both Iran and the United States have claimed the upper hand – and the competing rhetoric has caused considerable confusion and doubt. At the moment, however, the evidence is clear: The United States, patrolling the strait with its navy, is gaining ground – and Iran is losing much of its control of the critical waterway. More than 80% of liquids transits through the Strait of Hormuz over the past two weeks have taken the Omani route – a UN-authorized shipping channel that Iran vehemently opposes – or have been “dark” transits that likely took the Omani route, according to Kpler, which tracks ships using…
Golden wheat grains representing Ukraine’s vital agricultural harvest, symbolizing the country’s role as a major global grain supplier and the growing threat to food exports caused by the war and disruptions in Black Sea shipping [...]