Rebecca Feng

Benoit Faucon, Rebecca Feng Renewed fighting this week between Iran and the U.S. has rocked shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—except for Tehran's own vessels.

Benoit Faucon, Jared Malsin, Rebecca Feng The U.S. struck additional targets in Iran on Monday, after Tehran defied American demands that

Confirmed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend fell by more than half from the previous weekend to just 19 ships, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler. That's similar to the [levels before the preliminary peace deal](https://www.wsj/world/middle-east/u-s-strikes-new-targets-af

International crude price climbed nearly 10% as President Trump said he would reimpose U.S. blockade.

Georgi Kantchev, Rebecca Feng, Ryan Dezember Oil markets and Middle East producers appear to be aligning around a new reality: The Strait of Hormuz is no longer expected to return to a prewar norm.

President Trump declared yesterday that the U.S., as the new “guardian of the Hormuz Strait”, would impose a 20% fee on all cargo transiting the waterway. But would t

The back-and-forth voyages have been instrumental because only a small number of shipowners were willing to risk sending their tankers through Hormuz

Costas Paris, Joe Wallace, Rebecca Feng Iran's attacks on commercial ships are turning off a lifeline for the global energy market—a stream of tankers ferrying crude through the hazardous Strait of Hormuz.

Benoit Faucon, Jared Malsin, Rebecca Feng At the start of this week, President Trump asserted that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control.

As U.S. strikes on Iran continue, military experts say opening the strait would require months of effort.