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Real-time Strait of Hormuz crisis monitor. Live ship transits, Brent crude, war-risk insurance, indexed war events. Free public API, no paywall.

 Strait of Hormuz
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The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to commercial shipping for 72 days. Transit is at ~5% of pre-crisis normal. Brent is $101. War-risk insurance is 8× normal. I built straits.live to track all of it in one place, with source attribution on every figure.

Strait of Hormuz Closed | Live Tracker & Monitor

Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Effectively no, it is closed to commercial shipping. Live status, updated every 5 minutes.

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HORMUZ INDEX: Escalation Forecast crossed into HIGH (60/100). The forecast composite has stepped up a band. straits.live/hormuz-index?ut…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 150 Transits 10 (23 Jul), 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $89.53 (+3.7% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 81 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 149 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $86.48 (-3.8% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 79 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 148 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $90.48 (-6.5% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 94 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ ALERT: Brent down 5.1% in 24h. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 147 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $96.78 (-0.9% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 82 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 146 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $96.78 (-0.9% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 72 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ ALERT: Brent down 3.3% in 24h. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 145 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $91.53 (-1.6% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 107 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 144 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $93.40 (+14.4% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 70 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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HORMUZ INDEX: Escalation Forecast crossed into HIGH (60/100). The forecast composite has stepped up a band. straits.live/hormuz-index?ut…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 143 Transits 15 (19 Jul), 17% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $93.77 (+3.2% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 68 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 142 Transits 10 (12 Jul), 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $90.87 (+2.5% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 30 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ ALERT: Brent up 5.2% in 24h. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 141 Transits 10, 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $88.58 (+0.5% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 41 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ ALERT: Brent up 3.4% in 24h. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 140 Transits 10, 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $88.10 (+0.0% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 49 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 139 Transits 10, 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $88.10 (+2.2% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 52 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ ALERT: Brent up 3.1% in 24h. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ: CLOSED · Day 138 Transits 10, 11% of pre-crisis normal. Brent $86.08 (+0.1% 24h). War-risk insurance 8.0× normal. 76 tankers AIS-dark in the core area. straits.live/?utm_source=x&u…
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