The Panama canal is increasingly being seen as an alternative route. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
While Hormuz remains the Gulf’s core energy corridor, Bab el‑Mandeb functions as the Indo‑Pacific’s critical trade artery.
Key Takeaways - March 18 Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely constrained, with transit operating under controlled conditions rather than normal commercial flow, according to the ...
Most of the ships passing the strait are owned or flagged in Iran, said Bridget Diakun, an analyst at data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence. After that, Greek ships accounted for 18pc of crossings ...
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Asian refiners are increasingly sending medium-sized crude cargoes from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia ​through the Panama Canal ...
From the Persian Gulf to the English Channel, a small number of narrow waterways carry the vast bulk of what Europeans eat, buy, and heat their homes with. When one of them is threatened the ...
From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis ...
Balci* The conflict in Iran has disrupted energy and commodity markets. Iran has effectively closed the narrow strait of Hormuz, a vital oil transit ...
Commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell 90 per cent amid escalating conflicts in West Asia, forcing global maritime trade to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, located at the ...
RashidMaritime chokepoints, narrow sea passages through which a large portion of the world’s oil, gas and commercial goods must transit, are increasingly emerging as ...