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Thailand revives 1 trillion baht coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait

Investors remain cautious due to high costs, geopolitical sensitivities

During the hostilities, regional producers have made increased use of infrastructure that avoided the Hormuz chokepoint

Hormuz oil flows may recover to only 70% after Iran war: Goldman

OIL flows going through the Strait of Hormuz may recover to only about 70 per cent of their prewar level, according to Goldman Sachs Group, which highlighted regional producers leaning on alternative ...

Iran says ships a fee-free period will end after 60 days.

Why restoring normal traffic through Hormuz won’t be easy

The fragile ceasefire the US and Iran have had in place since Apr 8 has not stopped fighting altogether

Mitsui OSK’s Jotaro Tamura says: “What will have to come in place is not just a simple agreement between the relevant countries, but it has to be material and translated into the real situations in the Strait of Hormuz....”

Strait of Hormuz transit will take ‘weeks’ to resume, Mitsui OSK CEO tells FT

The agreement between US and Iran being finalised had not changed Jotaro Tamura’s view

Iran’s grip on Hormuz, combined with a US blockade, has created an unprecedented disruption to the global energy trade.

Shipowners seek clarity on US-Iran deal to open Hormuz as 600 vessels eye exit from strait

With limited information so far, there was little activity in the strait in the early hours of Jun 15

Nerijus Poskus, Flexport's global head of ocean procurement, is bullish about premium express services as demand for AI products takes off.

Less travel translates into higher demand for consumer goods, drives up freight rates: Flexport

Sea freight rates have spiked up to three times in general since the Middle East war erupted

The US-Israeli war on Iran has largely cut oil flows via the strait, which before the conflict saw one-fifth of the world’s oil pass through.

Hormuz strait will be open but with transit fees, Iran envoy to Moscow quoted

Several tankers have managed to leave the Gulf recently, but oil and liquefied natural gas flows are still severely constrained

Linerlytica's analysis found that container output — and their prices— rose in 2021 to meet demand.

Surge in demand fuelled container price jump, says data provider Linerlytica

[SINGAPORE] An analysis of container production showed that the surge in the prices of new shipping steel boxes in the last few years was fuelled by demand, container shipping data provider Linerlytic...

The knock-on effects of the Middle East Gulf situation have caused rates on all major container trade lanes to rocket. 

Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights

A roundup of the week’s tanker and dry bulk market (Jun 5, 2026)