Shipping in Strait of Hormuz nearly halted after shots fired, vessel seized

When the Strait Grew Silent: Tension, Tankers and the Fragile Pulse of Global Trade Along the salty airway that threads between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, a silence fell that felt unnatural—like the hush before a storm. Normally, the Strait of Hormuz is a bustling maritime motorway, carved with the lights of roughly 100–130 vessels […]

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