Overview
- Analysts tracking vessel movements report a small but growing number of ships using an unusual northerly-in, southerly-out route inside Iranian waters.
- Eos Marine’s Martin Kelly says Iran may be verifying ships and assigning safe corridors, a developing interpretation not formally confirmed.
- Since hostilities began, tanker transits collapsed from more than 100 per day to just 21, with about 400 ships reported waiting in the Gulf of Oman.
- The U.S. Maritime Administration warns Iranian forces may contact ships for course or voyage data that could facilitate targeted attacks.
- Greek unions rallied in Piraeus against continued passages as some owners, including Georgios Prokopiou, keep sailing to capture higher freight rates across a chokepoint that carries roughly 20% of seaborne oil.