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Disruptionroute closure · June 14, 2026
Ship control in the channel
Navigation controls in a channel can restrict vessel movement and delay physical cargo flows through the waterway.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from Frontline plc, we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
Frontline plc →DelaysFrontline oil-tanker shipping operations
Five of Frontline's 80 vessels being stuck implies a measured roughly 6% fleet-level operational delay from the channel closure.
“Currently, 5 of Frontline's 80 vessels are stuck in the Persian Gulf due to the closure of Hormuz, directly impacting the company's shipping capacity and market share in the oil transportation sector.”
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