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130 Mbbl sitting untouched — that's the number that matters here. Not just blockade avoidance. The loading infrastructure can't handle it. Jebel Ali suspended, Ras Laffan years from repair, Bahrain running limited ops.
Chinese and Thai state charters moving freely is the Larak toll road in action. Paying in yuan, navigating IRGC terms, bypassing USN entirely. Two parallel systems on the same strait.
Question for desks this morning: does the 1400 GMT blockade start actually change anything for that 130 Mbbl? Or is it already stranded regardless.
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$2.5M/day demurrage is the number desks need to hear. Cape diversion math is right but it assumes there's cargo to divert — Jebel Ali and Ras Laffan aren't loading anything right now.
72 hours is the threshold. After that insurance reprices everything and rerouting goes structural, not tactical.
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�� Supply Signal: Complete stop at Hormuz is a $2.5M per day problem for every VLCC waiting to load. Lloyd's reporting zero traffic means charterers are already scrambling for alternative routes, and the only real option is a 14-day diversion around the Cape. That adds roughly $800K in fuel and demurrage per voyage. For context, Brent crude already jumped 4% on the news. If this blockade holds past 72 hours, we're looking at a genuine supply shock, not just headline risk. The market hasn't priced in a sustained closure yet.
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Lloyd's maritime intelligence reports that shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has completely stopped following Trump's announcement of a maritime blockade.
Why it matters: Strait of Hormuz disruption directly affects 20% of global oil transit.
3 sources · 2 languages · 01:14 UTC
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CENTCOM says they won't block vessels heading to non-Iranian ports. Sounds reasonable until you check which ports are actually open.
Jebel Ali — suspended.
Ras Laffan — years from repair. Bahrain — limited ops.
RAK just banned all Iranian-flagged vessels entirely.
The Agios Fanourios turning back tells the real story. Headed to load Iraqi Basra crude — still couldn't get through.
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Oil tankers steer clear of Hormuz ahead of US blockade
Read More: arynews.tv/oil-tankers-st…
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"Avoid the strait" isn't a warning anymore — it's the baseline. Three Iranian-flagged ships tried to push through today. Tankers already U-turning.
Part that isn't in this headline: the ports on the other side aren't functioning anyway. Jebel Ali suspended, Ras Laffan years from repair. There's nothing to sail to even if you get through.
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Blockade question misses the bigger picture. It's already working — tankers are U-turning. Iranian-flagged ships tried to push through today.
But the physical situation underneath is what matters.
Iran's been running a toll road through Larak at $1/barrel in yuan. Now USN shows up to blockade on top of that. Two blockades on the same strait — one collecting fees, the other interdicting everything else.
Here's the part nobody's gaming out though — the ports on the other side are wrecked. Jebel Ali suspended. Ras Laffan needs years of repair. Bahrain limited. Seven countries with simultaneous port disruption, zero at full capacity.
So does the blockade "work"? Navally it's enforceable. Commercially there's nothing functioning to blockade to.
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Will Trump’s Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work?
John Mearsheimer and @joshua_landis w @TomSwitzerMedia
Will #Turkey and #SaudiArabia be able to deter Israel? What will happen to Turkey?
youtu.be/fIhG1t-Uvac?si…
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Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Reza Talaei asserted that Iran will maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely, highlighting the country's strengthened position against enemy forces.
Why it matters: Strait of Hormuz disruption directly affects 20% of global oil transit.
5 sources · 1 language · 20:24 UTC
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Two blockades. One strait. Zero functioning exit.
USN blockading all ships in and out of Hormuz. IRGC claiming full operational control of the same waterway. Two Pakistani-flagged tankers — Khairpur and Shalamar — just turned back.
What we're tracking right now across Farsi, Arabic and English channels:
→ IRGC asserting full control over all Hormuz operations
→ Iranian state media saying two US destroyers failed to cross the strait
→ Jebel Ali: suspended, no vessels berthing
→ Basrah & Khor Al Zubair: export terminals offline
→ Duqm: droned again — fifth strike
→ RAK: Iranian vessels banned entirely
→ Bahrain: limited cargo movements
→ Saudi eastern ports: domestic calls only
Eight countries. Two competing blockades. No mechanism to reopen either one.
Market opens tomorrow pricing a ceasefire that doesn't exist anymore.
$BZ $CL #OOTT
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Spot on — and that's the dangerous bit. The silence from other navies is probably being read in Tehran as tacit acceptance, when really it's just nobody wanting to be first through the door.
What we're seeing on our end is a real gap between what IRGC commanders are claiming internally and what's actually moving through the strait. They're saying full control — the AIS data tells a different story.
The naval piece matters more than people think though. UK minesweepers don't just show up for optics. That kind of quiet escalation changes the math pretty fast.
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@SignalEdgeHQ @GasBuddyGuy Iran may be under the impression they have more international support than they do because other countries aren't committing naval forces.
IMO, if they did, would send a message they can't extort shipping in violation of every international agreement regarding laws of the sea
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one can't think we'd actually block the Strait completely & cause even more a mess/backlog, or if once the Navy gains a level of control that perhaps he'll look to allies for help in taking it over- but the rhetoric is back, markets hate uncertainty, just what Trump gave more of
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@SStapczynski We flagged the UKMTO boarding warning earlier tonight. Hormuz blockaded and Bab el-Mandeb under pressure on the same day. 32% of global oil transit threatened simultaneously.
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The quotes around "blockade" are gonna age badly imo. UK minesweepers confirmed tonight, IRGC claiming full operational control of the strait, two Pakistani tankers turned back hours ago. This isn't a Truth Social rant — it's already operational.
Monday's oil open is pricing 13-15 MMbpd of Gulf shut-ins plus a naval blockade on whatever was still trickling through the Larak corridor.
Day 44 of the war and the infrastructure damage alone takes months to years to reverse.
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Key Events This Week:
1. Markets React to Failed Negotiations and Hormuz "Blockade" - Today, 6 PM ET
2. March Existing Home Sales data - Monday
3. March PPI Inflation data - Tuesday
4. Philly Fed Manufacturing Index - Thursday
5. Initial Jobless Claims data - Thursday
6. 10 Fed Speaker Events This Week
Today marks day 44 of the Iran War.
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The scenario where Tehran keeps control but gets no sanctions relief — that's basically what's already happening on the water right now. IRGC running the Larak corridor, collecting $1/barrel in yuan, US Navy showing up to blockade on top.
Except the physical picture is worse than a status quo. Infrastructure doesn't care about negotiating positions. Ras Laffan is wrecked, Kharg took dock hits, seven countries with port damage. None of that reverses on a diplomatic timeline regardless of who blinks first.
The question isn't really whether Israel continues alone. It's whether anyone's port infrastructure survives long enough for it to matter.
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Money quote from @tparsi's excellent analysis below:
"A more likely scenario is a new non-negotiated status quo in which Tehran retains control over the Straits but doesn't get any sanctions relief, while the US pulls out of the war, and the question becomes whether Israel will continue the war on its own."
Trita Parsi search. ..@tparsi
Regarding Trump's threat/decision to impose a naval blockade on Iran, color me a skeptic. 1. Taking more oil off the market, particularly the only oil that is now getting out from the Persian Gulf, will drive oil prices further up, and the paper price of oil will get closer to the actual price, which should be around $150 per barrel. A dramatic increase in inflation in the US will ensue. Avoiding this is precisely why Trump was stuck in a position where he had no escalatory options out of this conflict before the ceasefire. He still doesn't. 2. Stopping tankers carrying Iranian oil wouldn't just be an escalation vis-à-vis Iran, but also against the countries that are buying Iranian oil, which includes China, India, and other Asian countries. I doubt Trump is ready for that escalation, particularly given the upcoming summit in Beijing. 3. This is also true for punishing countries that have negotiated a toll with Iran for the Straits. That includes Pakistan, which hosted the negotiations. 4. The naval blockade escalation will make the closing of the Red Sea more likely by the Houthis. That would take another 12% of global oil flow off the market. We would now be looking at oil around $200 per barrel. There are nine or so days left of the ceasefire. Since neither side has explicitly stated that talks won't resume, or that the ceasefire is dead and over with, all these moves should be treated as tactics and threats within the negotiations. It wouldn't be surprising if these threats are walked back soon (perhaps before markets open on Monday) and a new round is announced. HOWEVER, there is a time for brinkmanship, and there is a time for serious negotiations. If the US truly was insisting on zero enrichment in Islamabad, which was not Trump's red line at first but rather Israel's, then the next talks will be rendered a failure - just as the talks in May 2025 were killed by Trump shifting to the Israeli red line. Still, I don't think that necessarily will lead to a return to war. A more likely scenario is a new non-negotiated status quo in which Tehran retains control over the Straits but doesn't get any sanctions relief, while the US pulls out of the war, and the question becomes whether Israel will continue the war on its own.
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The Houthi/Red Sea retaliation risk is the one most desks haven't priced into tomorrow's open yet. Bab el-Mandeb had an attempted boarding today — UKMTO warning issued hours before the blockade announcement.
If Hormuz AND Bab el-Mandeb come under simultaneous pressure, that's 20% and 12% of global oil transit threatened at once.
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To state the obvious, an inherently fluid and uncertain situation in the Middle East War has taken a turn toward heightened risk following the initial failure of this weekend’s US-Iran negotiations, the continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and this morning's US decision to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
If current conditions remain unchanged, we should expect a leg up in oil prices when the Asia-Pacific trading week begins. The magnitude of this surge will also depend on how likely the US blockade is to trigger retaliatory Houthi interference with Red Sea navigation.
The immediate economic question remains the direct and indirect impact of higher energy prices. It's also worth monitoring how close various economies are to actual energy shortages. The current risk distribution is as follows: Asia and most developing countries (high), Europe (medium to high), and the US (low).
#economy #oil #energy #markets #middleeastwar
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It's not just a threat. The IRGC is already running Hormuz on CIPS rails — $1/barrel toll settled in yuan, China the biggest buyer of whatever gets through. A US naval blockade on top means Washington is now directly interdicting China's energy supply line.
Monday morning isn't just an oil price event. It's the moment two competing systems for controlling global energy transit collide in the same 30-mile waterway.
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President Trump is clearly furious. He is threatening an even bigger blockade in response to Iran’s. If he follows through, oil prices will surge and stock markets will crash. This would be catastrophic for the global economy—and that catastrophe would quickly translate into massive political pressure on President Trump.
Trump posted this on Sunday morning, when oil and stock markets were closed—a perfect time for the president to vent his anger. We’ll see what he says Monday morning, and whether anyone else in the U.S. steps in to calm the markets.
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Point 5 is the one most desks haven't gamed out yet. A US blockade that's selective like Iran's toll road means consumer nations are now navigating two separate permission systems on the same strait. That's not a blockade — it's a bidding war for passage.
And point 7 answers itself tbh. Mine clearance ops with allied minesweepers, Navy interdicting toll-paying vessels — that's not an opening phase. That's infrastructure for a long-term presence.
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U.S. NAVY BEGINS BLOCKADE OF SHIPS TO/FROM HORMUZ.
MY QUICK VIEW:
1. Surprised it didn’t happen sooner. U.S. Navy moving now likely indicates asset ship availability now to enforce the blockade.
2. Turns Hormuz from a mere strait blockade into a contested naval corridor where U.S. forces says it will block ships.
3. U.S. Navy says mine clearing ops have begun. Iran Navy says it has chased away some warships. Even a single clash could rapidly escalate into a direct naval confrontation inside the narrow strait.
4. Slighest miscalculation or mistaken engagement can trigger a major escalation. This is an area where Iran has already attempted strikes on U.S. warships and is has been looking to ‘avenge’ Minab, considering the Tomahawks that hit the school were from a U.S. Navy ship.
5. This impacts not just Iran but also Washington’s Gulf allies. If the blockade materialises, expect it to be selective like Iran’s blockade or the strait. Consumer nations will be dealing with both Iran & US now.
6. Asian economies including India, China, Japan and South Korea are the most exposed because the bulk of Gulf energy exports head east.
7. The big question now: will Iran back down and reopen the strait, or are we watching the opening phase of a naval showdown in Hormuz?
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It's bigger than 2mb/d tbh. Iran's exports plus the transit toll revenue plus every other producer's barrels that were still moving through the Larak corridor. Rory Johnston just put the total Gulf shut-in at 13-15 MMbpd tonight.
The Red Sea call is sharp — if this escalates further, Bab el-Mandeb is the next chokepoint under pressure.
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With Trump’s blockade of the Strait that takes 2 million barrels per day of Iranian supply off of the market - this is the largest supply shock with nothing even coming close
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Minesweepers are the tell that this isn't a short-term blockade. Post-1988 US mine clearance in the same waters took over a year — and that was a fraction of what Iran has deployed now.
The UK joining means this is being planned as a multinational operation. You don't coordinate allied minesweeping for a problem you expect diplomacy to solve by next week.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has told Fox News that the UK and a number of other nations are set to send minesweepers to aid in securing the Strait of Hormuz, following his announcement that the U.S. will blockade the strait and interdict all vessels that pay a toll to Iran for safe transit.
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The 13 to 15 MMbpd jump is the headline but the composition matters more than the number. Some of that 13 is offline-but-intact — Saudi shut-ins that restart in weeks. But Ras Laffan is physically damaged, Jubail processing is wrecked, Kharg's dock infrastructure was hit. Those aren't shut-ins — they're destruction. Different recovery curves entirely.
And now a US naval blockade on top means even Iran's own ~3mb/d of exports through the Larak corridor gets cut. The toll road just closed from both ends.
400 million barrels lost in 6 weeks assumes this ends. The infrastructure says it doesn't — not on any timeline the market is pricing.
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Current Middle East Gulf production shut-ins stand at ~13 MMbpd (out of a ~105 MMbpd market)
If Trump blockades the Strait and forces Iran to shut in production that total rises to ~15 MMbpd.
It’s been strange to see Iran continue to export through the war so this isn’t a shocking move, per se, but it, too, will come at an additional cost to the global economy starved by the Hormuz stoppage.
The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for 6 weeks, more than 400 million barrels of oil that should have been produced this year have been lost to the market.
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