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Over 200 Vessels Stranded at Hormuz as 40 VLCCs Await Passage

More than 200 commercial vessels including 40 VLCCs sit idle at the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian blockade paralyzes global maritime trade.

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Mar 02, 2026
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An Unprecedented Maritime Traffic Jam

More than two hundred commercial vessels now sit idle in the waters surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, creating what maritime analysts are calling the most significant shipping bottleneck since the 2021 Ever Given incident in the Suez Canal. Among the stranded fleet are approximately forty Very Large Crude Carriers, e…

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