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Iran’s declared closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a wartime-high wave of tanker attacks dominated a week that also brought record containership orders, major port and tanker-fleet acquisitions, and new fuel-transition milestones.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all commercial shipping as tanker attacks surge to their highest level since the US-Israel war on Iran began.
Attacks on commercial shipping in the Gulf widened beyond the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, with a fully laden VLCC struck off the UAE and a tanker hit near Qatar as Iran extends its campaign against vessels it deems unauthorized.
The Liberian-flagged tanker Lipsi was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, becoming at least the fifth vessel struck in the waterway since October 2 as Iran ramps up attacks on commercial shipping.
A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile and caught fire, the first attack of October following a cluster of at least 16 strikes on vessels in September.
The Panama-flagged tanker El Gaia is being towed to an Omani port after an engine-room fire following an attack in the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran and the United States offering conflicting accounts of what struck the vessel.
A Greek-owned LR2 tanker managed by Metrostar Management was hit by an unidentified projectile off the coast of Oman, disabling its engine room near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
A Saudi Arabia-flagged very large crude carrier was hit by what Houthi forces described as a ballistic missile strike, the latest escalation in Red Sea shipping attacks.
