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Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz at near standstill as attacks strain Iran truce
Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is nearly halted as shipping risks rise following U.S. airstrikes on Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation. Only two tankers, including the U.S.-sanctioned crude supertanker Berg 1, had passed through the strait by Thursday morning.
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