The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically vital waterways in the world, linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. This narrow passage handles nearly a third of ...

They also launched a major effort to understand both the geography of the gulf and the ... out of the need to secure trade through the Strait of Hormuz, which the British largely achieved from ...

(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz/Navy) Global shipping is constrained by geography ... recently threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz following the Trump administration ...

The Strait of Hormuz links the majority of the world’s people who ... it often does not take into account the complex human geography of the strait. Unlike the United Kingdom, which secured Gulf trade ...

Analysts and market observers say the conflict could prompt the United States to tighten sanctions on Iran, which may spur Tehran to take retaliatory action against ships in the Strait in Hormuz.

The importance of the issue was testified to by European countries’ attempts to open negotiations with Iran after 6 months of oil sanctions, to which Iran responded with closing the Strait of Hormuz, ...

The Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, but it’s once again the biggest waterway in the news headlines, after Iran seized a British oil tanker in what is widely ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is rarely far from the center of global tensions. A major shipping route that handles almost 30% of the world’s oil ...

There is no place in the world more important for the global supply of oil than the Strait of Hormuz. The channel, which is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, is the only way to move oil ...