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A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
[By Frank Bell] The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable. Even as the United States has begun striking selected Iranian military targets—including recent operations against military facilities on Kharg Island—the fundamental challenge in the Gulf remains unchanged: restoring predictable commercial transit through a contested maritime chokepoint without triggering a broader regional war. Attempts to eliminate every Iranian capability that could threaten shipping would require a prolonged campaign across the Persian Gulf. A more practical approach is to establish a temporary defended transit corridor, concentrating naval escort, airborne surveillance, shipborne helicopter protection, and a limited southern-shore defensive node into a narrow and defensible passage through the strait. For months, analysts have treated the Strait of Hormuz as if it were either completely safe or completely impassable. In reality, maritime chokepoints rarely function in such absolute...
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posted on: Apr 18, 2026
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posted on: Apr 18, 2026
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Iran foreign minister says Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” for all commercial vessels and will remain so during the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, as United States President Donald Trump said an agreement to end the US-Israeli war on Iran was “very close”. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on Friday. A 10-day ceasefire was agreed upon between Israel and Lebanon late on Thursday, though it was unclear whether the Iran-aligned armed group Hezbollah, which has been fighting against Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon over the course of the war on Iran, would recognise it. The passage of vessels through the strait will be on the coordinated route as already announced by the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran, Araghchi added....
হরমুজে পাতা মাইন অপসারণে কাজ করেছে মার্কিন নৌবাহিনীর ২টি যুদ্ধজাহাজ : সিএনএন...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
হরমুজ প্রণালিতে পাতা মাইন অপসারণে কাজ শুরু করেছে মার্কিন নৌবাহিনীর দুটি জাহাজ। যুদ্ধবিরতি কার্যকর থাকলেও এখনো গুরুত্বপূর্ণ এই নৌপথ দিয়ে অনেক জাহাজ চলাচল করতে পারছে না বলে জানিয়েছে মার্কিন সামরিক কর্তৃপক্ষ। রোববার (১২ এপ্রিল) এক প্রতিবেদনে মার্কিন সংবাদমাধ্যম সিএনএন নিউজ এ তথ্য জানায়। শনিবার (১১ এপ্রিল) মার্কিন সেন্ট্রাল কমান্ড জানায়, গাইডেড মিসাইল ডেস্ট্রয়ার ইউএসএস ফ্রাঙ্ক-ই-পিটারসন এবং ইউএসএস মাইকেল মারফি হরমুজ প্রণালি অতিক্রম করে আরব উপসাগরে প্রবেশ করেছে। ইরানের ইসলামিক রেভল্যুশনারি গার্ড কর্পস (আইআরজিসি) যুদ্ধ শুরুর পর হরমুজে যেসব সমুদ্র মাইন পেতে রেখেছিল, সেগুলো সরিয়ে নৌপথ নিরাপদ করাই এ মিশনের লক্ষ্য। সেন্টকমের কমান্ডার অ্যাডমিরাল ব্র্যাড কুপার বলেন, ‘আমরা একটি নতুন নিরাপদ নৌপথ তৈরির কাজ শুরু করেছি। খুব শিগগিরই এই পথটি আন্তর্জাতিক জাহাজ চলাচলের জন্য উন্মুক্ত করা হবে।’ তবে মাইন অপসারণের এই উদ্যোগ চললেও ঝুঁকি পুরোপুরি কাটেনি। কারণ, ইরান এখনো ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র হামলা চালাতে পারে। মাইন ও ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র—দুই ধরনের হুমকি একসঙ্গে থাকায় নৌযান সুরক্ষা এবং প্রণালির নিরাপত্তা নিশ্চিত করা আরও জটিল হয়ে...
Pakistan Oil Tanker Makes Rare Entry and Exit Through Hormuz...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
By Weilun Soon Apr 17, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A Pakistan-flagged tanker that entered the Persian Gulf over the weekend has become the first carrier to exit through the Strait of Hormuz with a crude cargo since a US blockade began on Monday, underscoring just how limited traffic through the vital chokepoint remains. The Shalamar sailed just south of Iran’s Larak island and out into the Gulf of Oman late Thursday with around 450,000 barrels of crude loaded at Das Island in the United Arab Emirates, according to ship-tracking data. The Aframax tanker, only half full, is signaling Karachi as its destination. Transits through the narrow waterway have been mostly in single digits since US and Israeli strikes began at the end of February and, after a weekend spike, they have returned to those low levels. A US Navy blockade now requires shipowners to clear both Iranian and American authorities in order to move...
US-Sanctioned Supertankers Enter Gulf Despite Blockade...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, April 16 (Reuters) – A second U.S.-sanctioned supertanker has entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, shipping data showed, despite a U.S. blockade on vessels visiting Iranian ports. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the blockade on Sunday after weekend peace talks in Islamabad between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal. The U.S. Central Command said on X that 10 vessels have been turned around and no ships have broken through since the start of the blockade on Monday. Still, Iran’s Fars News Agency said on Wednesday that an Iranian supertanker subject to U.S. sanctions crossed the strait towards Iran’s Imam Khomeini port despite the blockade. Fars did not identify the tanker or give further details of its voyage. The empty Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) RHN entered the Gulf on Wednesday, data from LSEG and Kpler showed. It was not immediately clear where the VLCC, which is capable of carrying 2 million barrels of...
A few tankers and ships are going through the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s the latest traffic...
posted on: Apr 17, 2026
At least nine oil tankers have transited the Strait of Hormuz this week as the U.S. and Iran contest control of the vital sea lane. A big tanker named the RHN entered the strait from the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, according to data from LSEG. The tanker is a very large crude carrier, or VLCC, that can carry about 2 million barrels of oil. It sails under the flag of Curaçao, a Caribbean island, but is owned by a Chinese company. Another VLCC named the Alicia crossed the strait into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday. It was one of at least four tankers of varying sizes that exited or entered the strait yesterday, the data showed. Tanker transits Tuesday were 90% below traffic on Feb. 27, the day before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. Traffic has plunged during the war due to the threat of Iranian attacks....
China told Maersk and MSC to drop Panama port operations, FT reports...
posted on: Apr 17, 2026
April 15 (Reuters) – China has told Danish shipping group Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), opens new tab and Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC Shipping) to cease operating ports on the Panama Canal, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. In a meeting with China’s state planner last month, Maersk and MSC Shipping were told to withdraw from the Balboa and Cristóbal ports immediately, the report said, citing two people familiar with the talks. The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Maersk, MSC Shipping, China’s foreign ministry and state planner did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Maersk and MSC were told not to “engage in illegal activities that harm the interests of Chinese companies, and to uphold commercial ethics and international rules,” the report said. Panama has granted temporary 18-month concessions to keep the terminals...
World’s largest, China’s first 10,000-ton all-electric smart container vessel delivered...
posted on: Apr 17, 2026
The world’s largest and China’s first 10,000-ton pure electric intelligent container vessel, the Ningyuan Diankun, set sail on Wednesday from the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port bound for the Zhapu Port area in Jiaxing, marking the official start of its commercial operations, and ushering in a new phase of exploration and development for China’s coastal container shipping driven by pure electric power and intelligent navigation, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port told the Global Times in a statement. Developed by Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co, the Ningyuan Diankun measures 127.8 meters in length and 21.6 meters in width, with a carrying capacity of 742 standard containers. The vessel is powered by 10 standardized battery containers with a total storage capacity of about 20,000 kilowatt-hours, equivalent to the combined battery capacity of about 300 household electric vehicles. It is expected to save 580 tons of fuel a year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 1,400 tons after being put...
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters...
posted on: Apr 17, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder. While everyone agrees that, geographically speaking, it is a strait – a narrow sea passage connecting two places that ships want to go – its political and legal status is rather more complicated. The United States and Iran both eye the strait – a choke point through which 20% of the world’s oil passes – very differently. Washington sees the Strait of Hormuz as exclusively an international waterway, whereas Tehran sees it as part of it territorial waters. It follows that Iran’s toll-charging of ships is seen by the U.S. as illegal. Similarly, U.S. President Donald Trump’s blockade of the passage is a “grave violation” of sovereignty to Iran. As an expert in the law of the sea, I know part of the problem is that the U.S. and Iran are living in two different worlds when it comes to the international...
Sanctioned China tanker turns back to Strait of Hormuz, day after Gulf exit...
posted on: Apr 17, 2026
SINGAPORE, April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry made its way back to the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after exiting the Gulf the day before, shipping data showed, failing to break through a U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the blockade on Sunday after weekend peace talks in Islamabad between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal. The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here. “During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade,” the U.S. Central Command said, opens new tabon X, adding that six vessels complied with directions from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port. The Chinese-owned tanker was among at least eight ships crossing the waterway on Tuesday, the first day of the U.S. blockade. A U.S. destroyer stopped...
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