U.S. Rejects Iran’s Mine Claim as Hormuz Shipping Threat Remains Severe
Commercial trackers say flows remain far below prewar levels, while U.S. officials cite higher daily volumes and say military escorts have helped.
- President Donald Trump asserted the Strait of Hormuz was open, averaging "30 ships a night," though commercial trackers suggest oil flows remain substantially below prewar levels of roughly 20 million barrels per day.
- Verification of oil flows is difficult because tankers frequently disable their Automatic Identification System transponders while crossing the Strait of Hormuz to evade Iranian tracking. Commercial firms rely on satellite imagery to identify previously unseen "dark" crossings days later.
- Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins said American forces have assisted more than 1,600 vessels carrying more than 800 million barrels of crude since May. Even with these efforts, the Strait of Hormuz has not returned to prewar traffic levels.
- A drone attack forced Saudi Arabia to shut its East-West pipeline, which previously moved about 4 million barrels per day. This closure forces more traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, amplifying strain on global oil supply chains.
- Reuters reported Sunday that commodity-vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained well below recent averages, with only four vessels exiting and 10 entering. Brett Erickson of Obsidian Risk Advisors estimated flows have recently moved closer to 8 million barrels per day.
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An oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claims. The Iranian state media outlet IRIB says it involves the oil tanker El Gaia. The US states that the ship was not sailing there and that it was attacked off the coast of Oman. The Iranian state media outlet does not report when the ship allegedly struck the mines. El Gaia sails under the Panamanian flag. The last …
The Revolutionary Guards are trying to substantiate their claim to control the Strait of Hormus. Now it is said that a tanker has gone to a sea mine.
An oil tanker exploded on mines in an attempt to cross the Strait of Ormuz, reporting to the Iranian IRGC.
Trump stated that countries should compensate the US for the cost of protecting tankers passing through the Strait of Ormuz, where oil is transported.
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