Ships Are Quietly Returning to the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Route — and One Detail Shows Operators Are Betting the Strait Stays Open

Ships Are Quietly Returning to the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Route — and One Detail Shows Operators Are Betting the Strait Stays Open

Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose again this week after a slump caused by exchanges of fire between Iran and the U.S. over the weekend. The news suggests that oil producers and tanker operators are testing the waters again in one of the world’s most important waterways. Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Coming Home. Image Credit: Creative Commons. While Iran continues to make threats to shipping companies and vessels considering usi…