Ok reality check time.
100 million barrels of oil - well a standard ULCC is 2.5 million barrels of oil.
So 100 million is approximately 35 to 40 ULCCs worth. In a month?
Pre-war we could expect 250-300 VLCCs and or ULCCs a month to transit.
So this is celebrating a trickle at best
#Trump
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This may be an isolated incident.
But the indications from the Houthis and Iran is that they will continue to ramp-up activity if there is no meaningful ceasefire in Lebanon.
If this continues - this will be the opening of a new front for the USA to deal with as it affects shipping and trade.
Unconfirmed as yet...
But Iran are saying that explosions have been heard in Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz again in the last hour.
I am trying to see if anyone else is reporting this or confirming it - no statement I can find from CENTCOM on it.
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Something I have been waiting for from the UKMTO - Highlighted in the orange circle I added is the site of a suspected attack just North of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
This is not an area associated with Somali pirate influence - so most likely Houthi activity.
#IranProxyWar #Houthis #Yemen