Strait of Hormuz Shipping Is at Near-Total Halt, JMIC Says

Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near-complete halt, with no oil shipments going through in the past 24 hours, as the Middle East war disrupts the vital waterway.

A review of shipping signals have confirmed only two commercial transits in the past 24 hours, the Joint Maritime Information Center said in a note on Friday. Those crossings were cargo ships rather than oil tankers, according to the multinational naval advisory group that focuses on the Middle East.