Oil and LNG Tankers Go Dark Again as Hormuz Crisis Deepens
Oil and LNG tankers are back to switching off transponders when transiting the Strait of Hormuz as the latest escalation in the region and last week’s Iranian attacks on commercial ships prompted vessel operators to brave the chokepoint unobserved. Total tanker traffic collapsed on Sunday to just si
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Iran has been blocking Hormuz since February and just cut daily transits from 51 to 24 after a brief uptick — meaning captains are turning off transponders not because the crisis is deepening, but because the crisis never ended. The headline treats a four-month stranglehold as a new emergency.