Strait of Hormuz

Coverage tone

5 stories in our coverage over twelve weeks; bar height is the number of stories, colour the average tone.

Overall: leaning negative

Documented facts

No documented facts yet.

Stated in our reporting

• Ambrey
  confirmed a strike caused a fire on a commercial ship near the strait · Our story
• United States
  says all mines had been cleared from the strait · Our story
• Iran
  military reported tanker explosions in the Strait of Hormuz · Our story
• Brent
  carries about a fifth of world seaborne crude, and throughput shapes Brent's war premium · Our story
• Joint Maritime Information Center
  puts prewar traffic through the strait at 138 ships a day and logged 177 security incidents · Our story
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  claimed a liquefied natural gas tanker struck a mine in the eastern strait · Our story
• Iran
  says it controls the strait · Our story
• US Central Command
  runs warship escorts and cleared mines from transit corridors in the strait · Our story
• UK Maritime Trade Operations
  reported ship transits through the strait about 65 percent below prewar levels · Our story
• International Maritime Organization
  verified more than 130 attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz by November 11 · Our story
• War in Iran
  left ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz about 65 percent below prewar levels · Our story
• United States
  military has cleared the main routes through the waterway of mines · Our story
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  warns that vessels crossing without coordinating with its traffic control centre will face the same outcome · Our story
• Iran
  requires vessels to obtain its permission before crossing the Strait of Hormuz · Our story