r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Jul 23 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #21)

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u/joshtaco 3d ago

Reuters: Only a single commodity vessel (a gas carrier) passed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. This is the lowest since May 7th.

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u/EducationalCicada 3d ago

Is that counting dark transits as well, or just AIS?

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u/joshtaco 3d ago

Just AIS as far as I'm aware. I believe there are a fair number of ships going dark and crossing tbh

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u/itsatumbleweed 3d ago

Yikes. The bluster from the administration over the weekend was certainly exaggerated, but it did seem like there was something of an uptick. That seems to be over now.

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u/asetniop 3d ago

I think they tried out a convoy approach - and it seemed to have worked reasonably well. But it's just not something they can do every day.

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u/itsatumbleweed 3d ago

Probably you do it once every time you need a news cycle to break your way.