…The war in the Middle East now officially affects three of the most important maritime choke points in the world: the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el Mandeb, and the Suez Canal. Shipping attempting to transit any…

…Yesterday evening another commercial vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, though the UKMTO did not indicate whether or not this was a new vessel attempting to sneak through, or if this was a part…

…For one, this is the facility that is the end-of-the-line for the Saudi East-West Pipeline that is helping to alleviate some of the constraint on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The…

…Sporadic closures of the bridge network have been reported over the past few days, usually in conjunction with drone sightings. Strait of Hormuz: The chokepoint remains closed to American-aligned vessels, which was demonstrated overnight by…

…This afternoon, the Iranians announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, though at the present time it is unclear as to if they have the naval capability to enforce that. Some strikes have occurred at…

…One ship failing to make it's run through the Strait of Hormuz can swing world markets wildly, because there's a lot riding on that one ship. On any given day, there is some elasticity…

Guzman was released without bail immediately after that initial incident by Judge Russell Derr before eventually being found not guilty by reason of insanity, and subsequently released. -----END TEARLINE----- Analyst Comments: In the Strait of Hormuz…

il transits through Hormuz are very minimal, with the NAVCENT-run reporting sources no longer publicly disclosing all of the Iranian strikes on tanker vessels. Many observers visually seeing a burning hull on the horizon, or…

…As of this morning, Planet has extended this delay to two weeks, with all imagery of non-Iranian terrain being withheld for 14 days from all customers. Strait of Hormuz: The Strait remains semi-officially closed…

…Again, time will tell how this develops, but right now, no cessation of bombings ever went into effect. Strait of Hormuz: Traffic through the Strait has begun to trickle through in an organized manner as Iranian…

CSG is still holding well outside the Strait of Hormuz, which is a solid indicator that the despite the overwhelming strikes throughout the country, enough risk remains to prevent bringing a carrier into the line of…

…Similarly, there are only nine THAAD batteries in existence globally, and the Iranians just hit one (possibly two) of them with a munition that cost about $30k each. Strait of Hormuz: The war on the high…

…No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT// Bibliography, Sources, and Research - Hormuz Drills 1: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/02/russia-china-iran-hold-joint-naval-drills-strait-hormuz…