Strait of Hormuz blockade

Strait of Hormuz blockade

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 31 August 2026. Photo: Reuters/File

Hormuz crisis drives tanker crew pay, freight and insurance costs higher

Shipowners are offering tanker captains as much as $100,000 a month, along with a $50,000 bonus for each crossing, compared with normal monthly pay of about $15,000

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, September 23, 2026. Photo: Reuters

US and Iran discuss phased deal to reopen Hormuz and end US blockade, sources say

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Diplomacy stumbles with postponement of meeting on Strait of Hormuz proposal

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Iran's Hormuz leverage wanes as US economic squeeze bites

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 6 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

US offers to lift Iran sanctions in return for reopening Hormuz: Report

Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026. Photo: US Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

How long can the US keep its blockade of Iran in place?

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to mark the launch of "Trump Accounts" in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 6 July 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

Trump resumes Iran port blockade and threatens strikes on energy targets

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, 1 May, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Trump says Iran blockade reinstated, US to charge 20% on Strait of Hormuz cargo

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy's speedboats move during an exercise in Abu Musa Island, in this picture obtained on August 2, 2023. Photo: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran seizes tanker in Gulf of Oman as US disables two Iranian vessels

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, on 4 May 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

US, Iran closing in on memo to end war: Sources

An aerial view of the Iranian shores and the island of Qeshm in the strait of Hormuz, December 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Will tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz?

A US Marine from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli rappels onto the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in what the US Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize the cargo ship, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. Photo: US Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS

Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports

A tanker sails in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Tit-for-tat vessel seizures in Hormuz deepen shipping crisis