Shipping Paralysed in Strait of Hormuz as Insurance Costs and Energy Prices Surge

Global shipping and energy markets are facing mounting disruption as vessels remain stranded near the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that carries around one in five barrels of the world’s oil and gas. Few ships are currently attempting passage through the Gulf corridor, given the ongoing hostilities and the strait’s proximity to Iran. Although Tehran […]


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