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Iran War Day 19: Israel Strikes South Pars, Iran Threatens Gulf Targets
By Alex Naumov on March 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
March 18, 2026. In a dramatic escalation of the three-week-old conflict, Israeli forces struck Iran's South Pars gas field overnight, the largest natural gas reserve on Earth, prompting Tehran to issue evacuation warnings for energy facilities across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar t …
Strait of Hormuz Crisis Day 18: Zero Transits, Carriers Reroute to Cape
By Alex Naumov on March 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
March 17, 2026 — A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile near Fujairah overnight, drone attacks set UAE oil facilities ablaze, and European allies rejected President Trump's calls for a naval coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict is now entering its third week wi …
Iran War Shipping Week 3: 1,000 Ships Stranded, Oil Hits $105
By Alex Naumov on March 16, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Iran-US-Israel conflict enters its third week with approximately 1,000 ocean-going ships and 20,000 sailors stranded in the Arabian Gulf unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz, while the International Maritime Organization reports approximately 3,000 commercial ships remain within …
Iran War Day 13: Gulf Under Wave of Attacks — What It Means for Shipping
By Alex Naumov on March 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Day 13 of the Iran war has brought an escalation at sea, in the air, and at major Gulf ports. New leadership in Tehran has publicly committed to keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed, more ships were struck overnight in Iraqi territorial waters and off the UAE coast, U.S. forces are con …
Global Shipping Disruption: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Routes
By Alex Naumov on March 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The new conflict centered on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Middle East into one of the most acute maritime crises since the first Red Sea attacks in late 2023. For vehicle shippers, this is already resulting in longer routings, higher surcharges, growing container …
Iran War Shipping Day 12: 3 Ships Hit in Hormuz, IEA 400M Release
By Alex Naumov on March 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The Iran conflict escalated sharply on Day 12, with three commercial vessels attacked in or near the Strait of Hormuz in one of the heaviest days of maritime strikes since the war began. The International Energy Agency responded by announcing the largest coordinated release of emergen …
Iran War Shipping Day 11
By Alex Naumov on March 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The Iran conflict entered its eleventh day on March 10, 2026, marked by extraordinary oil market volatility, diplomatic signals of potential de-escalation, and continued paralysis of commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. For vehicle shippers and logistics planners, the con …
Iran War Shipping Day 10
By Alex Naumov on March 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The Iran conflict has now entered its tenth day, and a new pattern is emerging in the Strait of Hormuz: selective transit access based on vessel nationality and ownership. While Western-linked shipping remains effectively frozen, Chinese-owned and Iran-linked vessels have begun passin …
Iran War Shipping Update: Maersk Suspends Services
By Alex Naumov on March 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
The conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran that began on February 28, 2026, has now completed its first full week—and the global container shipping industry remains in crisis mode.
Iran War Shipping Disruption: What It Means for Vehicle Imports
By Alex Naumov on March 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Salalah Port Closure, Stranded Containers, and What It Means for Global Vehicle Shipping On March 5, 2026, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen published an 18-post thread on X outlining how the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is creating shipping disruptions that e …