{
  "id": 8952577,
  "title": "Commodity vessels trickle through Strait of Hormuz as Mideast conflict persists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/commodity-vessels-trickle-through-strait-of-hormuz-as-mideast",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T15:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times Business",
    "slug": "gulf-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/733846/business/commodity-vessels-trickle-through-strait-of-hormuz-as-mideast-conflict-persists"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Strait of Hormuz, a critical conduit for a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas, has seen a significant decrease in traffic due to the ongoing Mideast conflict between the US and Iran. As of the latest data, only 17 commodity vessels transited the strait over the weekend, compared to 37 a week earlier. This reduction in visible traffic has led to a trickle of vessels passing through the historically busy strait, which typically handles around 125 large commercial vessels daily. Despite the tension, Middle Eastern producers continue to export oil through tankers traveling with transponders off the coast. Among the trackable ships, five vessels exited the strait on Sunday, while two small-sized oil tankers entered the Gulf. The Pinios, a very large crude carrier, was transferring 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude oil off the United Arab Emirates Fujairah to another VLCC, New Constant, which is expected to head to China.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Iran war: Second tanker reportedly hit in Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/iran-war-second-tanker-reportedly-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:32:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "The Iran war is minting new one-day millionaires: oil tankers brave enough to sail across the Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-iran-war-is-minting-new-one-day-millionaires-oil-tankers-brave",
        "published": "2026-09-18T20:58:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Centcom: Over 1B crude oil barrels passed through Hormuz strait in recent months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/centcom-over-1b-crude-oil-barrels-passed-through-hormuz-strait-in",
        "published": "2026-09-19T18:38:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Hormuz has T&C: Iran won’t reopen Strait just yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/hormuz-has-t-c-iran-wont-reopen-strait-just-yet",
        "published": "2026-09-20T09:36:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Iran says conveyed conditions to US for reopening Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/iran-says-conveyed-conditions-to-us-for-reopening-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-09-20T12:03:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Iran says conveyed conditions to US for reopening Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iran-says-conveyed-conditions-to-us-for-reopening-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-09-21T01:38:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Iran says conveyed conditions to US for reopening Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iran-says-conveyed-conditions-to-us-for-reopening-hormuz-8960320",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:54:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}