170 Container Ships Carrying 450,000 TEU Remain Stranded Inside Persian Gulf

170 container ships with 450,000 TEU stranded in Persian Gulf. No alternative route exists. Combined assets exceed $50 billion.

Global Container Fleet Paralyzed

Maritime tracking services reported on March 3, 2026, that approximately 170 container vessels carrying an estimated 450,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo remain stranded within the Persian Gulf following the IRGC's closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This represents approximately 10 percent of the global container s…