Overview
- Maritime trackers report only six vessel crossings in the past 24 hours versus roughly 140 a day before the war, leaving the Strait of Hormuz largely idle.
- Following Wednesday’s deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon that local authorities say killed at least 254 people, Tehran called the attacks a truce breach and reimposed strict limits on transit.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told commercial ships to sail in Iranian territorial waters, route around Larak Island, and coordinate movements with Iran’s navy.
- Iranian state outlets published a map that flags a mine danger zone, which has not been independently verified, and the warning has kept many owners and insurers from sending ships.
- Oil prices jumped, with WTI near $100 and Brent near $98, as Iran floated transit tolls, including crypto payments, while the UK, EU and the UAE rejected any fees and US and Iranian envoys prepare for talks in Islamabad.