As US-Iran war rages, who's risking the Strait of Hormuz?

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · Jul 28, 2026 · 1359 words · By Gianna-Carina Grün; Farah Bahgat

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Deutsche Welle reports: As US-Iran war rages, who's risking the Strait of Hormuz?.

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What happened

Deutsche Welle reports: As US-Iran war rages, who's risking the Strait of Hormuz?.

Why it matters

July 28, 2026 The Strait of Hormuz has become one of the world's most dangerous waterways since March, when Iran began attacking shipping vessels as a pressure tactic in its ceasefire talks with the United States.

Common ground

Still, though a significant proportion of the global oil trade bottlenecks at the strait, shipping traffic never completely halted.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that China, Pakistan and Vietnam, too, had oil and LPG tankers in the Persian Gulf that they moved out of the Strait of Hormuz before a ceasefire was announced on April 7?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “China, Pakistan and Vietnam, too, had oil and LPG tankers in the Persian Gulf that they moved out of the Strait of Hormuz before a ceasefire was announced on April 7.”

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Claim 2: “One of the UAE-registered vessels that was detected passing into the Persian Gulf on July 11 is managed by Lubeck Shipping LLC, a company associated with an Iranian oil tycoon that has been sanctioned by the United States.”

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No evidence was found after searching for Lubeck Shipping LLC or the specific vessel transit on July 11.

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Claim 3: “The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), a project of the US-led Combined Maritime Forces, assesses the threat to shippers as "severe,"”

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While evidence confirms the general crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, there is no mention of the 'Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC)' or a specific assessment of the threat as 'severe' in the provided search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As part of the Red Sea crisis, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels have occurred in the Red Sea. Houthi forces began attacking shipping vessels affiliated with Israel passing through the Red Sea on 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_attacks_on_commercial_v…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joint Base Charleston (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS, FAA LID: CHS) is a United States military facility located partly in the city of North Charleston, South Carolina, and partly in the city of Goose Creek,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Base_Charleston

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Claim 4: “Yanbu and Fujairah have been able to reroute over 4 million barrels a day of crude from having to pass through the Strait of Hormuz”

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Claim 5: “attacks resumed on July 6 and 7”

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The provided evidence confirms a general conflict and a June 2026 ceasefire, but does not specifically mention attacks resuming on July 6 and 7, 2026. The claim remains uncorroborated by the provided evidence set.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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Claim 6: “The Abqaiq-Yanbu crude oil pipeline system (East-West Crude Pipeline or Petroline) in Saudi Arabia has some capacity left”

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Claim 7: “Iran began attacking shipping vessels as a pressure tactic in its ceasefire talks with the United States [since March 2026].”

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Wikipedia entries for '2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign' and '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' confirm that Iran blocked the strait and attacked targets in response to US-Israeli strikes starting February 28, 2026, and that the US began an aerial campaign on March 19, 2026, to reopen it.

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Claim 8: “roughly 25% of the global maritime oil trade passed through the Strait of Hormuz [in prewar times].”

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Claim 9: “15 million barrels per day... typically passes through the strait”

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Claim 10: “13 cargo ships registered in the United Arab Emirates transited the strait during the shutdown, as well as two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers and three support vessels.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific number of UAE-registered cargo ships, LPG tankers, or support vessels transiting the strait.

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web search NEUTRAL — Live traffic tracker for the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Real-time ship transit counts, vessel map, oil prices, stranded vessels, insurance premiums, throughput data, global trade impact, and crisis time…
https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — CMA CGM’s vessel becomes the first French-owned ship to traverse Hormuz since the US–Israel war on Iran began.Only about 150 vessels, including tankers and container ships, have transited the strait s…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/french-owned-contain…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lloyd’s List Intelligence tracks every vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz using AIS data. They know exactly which ships used the IRGC corridor between March 13, when it was established, and M…
https://newsletter.amuseonx.com/p/iran-is-not-collecting-tol…

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Claim 11: “the United States saying it gave passage to about 70 ships”

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A web search result from #Mezha explicitly states that Washington coordinated escorted transits for about 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing pravda.com.ua.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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Claim 12: “In the same periods of 2025, more than 900 ships crossed the strait.”

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The search results mention 900 ships having 'abnormal signals' on June 13, but do not provide a comparative statistic for the total number of ships crossing the strait in 2025.

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web search NEUTRAL — Relevant information shows that since Friday, June 13, the navigation systems of more than 900 ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have been abnormal. Some ships in the region have sail…
https://www.sdilogistics-shippings.com/news/900-ships-had-ab…

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web search NEUTRAL — LONDON: Iran’s state media said that over 30 ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in recent hours, and the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a source as saying Iran had begun allowing transit f…
https://thearabianmirror.com/strait-of-hormuz-sees-more-ship…

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Claim 13: “Salina Ship Management PvT Ltd., a company from the Indian state of Maharashtra... [is] sanctioned by the United States”

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No evidence was found after searching for Salina Ship Management PvT Ltd. or US sanctions against them.

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Claim 14: “Two pipelines are currently used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz: the UAE's ADCOP and another in Saudi Arabia.”

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Claim 15: “Only nine Iranian- and two Pakistani-owned ships transited under their respective national flags.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific number of Iranian or Pakistani-owned ships transiting under national flags.

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web search NEUTRAL — 9 is the fourth composite number, the first odd composite number, a square, a Motzkin number, and the number of derangements of 4 items. Casting out nines is a quick way of testing the calculations of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9

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web search NEUTRAL — Nine is a 2009 romantic musical drama film directed and co-produced by Rob Marshall from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella, loosely based on the musical of the same name, which in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(2009_live-action_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the ...
https://www.nine.com.au/

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Claim 16: “a combined total of at least 84 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz in two periods of the conflict: from the start of the war on February 28 until the announcement of a ceasefire on April 7 and following the renewed attacks on July 6 and 7.”

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A web search result from AOL mentions 'At least 89 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz between March 1 and 15', which is close but does not match the specific dates (Feb 28 to April 7 and July 6-7) or the total count of 84 ships mentioned in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war fuel crisis is a worldwide fuel crisis caused by the war between Iran and the U.S.-Israel coalition. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which over 20% of the world's oil tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_fuel_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States

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