(Bloomberg) -- The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway ... with the shipping lanes in each direction just two miles wide. Its shallow depth makes ships potentially vulnerable to mines, and the ...

This Iranian threat led to the British increasing the security level for ships transiting ... established shipping lanes normally used when transiting the Strait of Hormuz, but rather in the ...

This threat was clarified the next day, April 24, by Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, who declared “ships can go through the Strait of Hormuz,” noting that “if the U.S. wanted to ...

Update: Apr 13th, 2024 20:10 EDT On Saturday, Iranian forces seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz, likely in retaliation for a recent Israeli strike on Iranian personnel ...

Confirming the decision, the ministry said that British ships should give “sufficient notice” to the Royal Navy so that they can be given safe passage through the Strait.

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran rise, a series of incidents has put a strategic maritime waterway back into the spotlight: The Strait of Hormuz. WSJ’s John Simons explains. Photo ...

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Social media footage showed rainwater streaming down a cliff to the beach on Hormuz Island, located in the Strait of Hormuz at the junction of the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. One of the ...

Thirty percent of the world's seaborne oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. But it's often a flashpoint for both regional and global powers.