توقع: Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by July 31?

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Market context

The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-third of global seaborne oil trade, with pre-disruption baseline traffic averaging 60–80 daily transit calls. Since January 2024, Houthi attacks on commercial shipping and subsequent regional tensions have collapsed throughput to 20–40 calls per day, forcing vessels into longer routes around the Cape of Good Hope and raising insurance premiums sharply. Recovery to the 60-call threshold would signal a material de-escalation of maritime risk in the region and restoration of normal commercial confidence in the corridor.

Historical precedent suggests sustained disruptions in chokepoint shipping rarely reverse within 18 months without explicit diplomatic resolution. The 2022 Russia–Ukraine blockade of Ukrainian grain exports lasted eight months before the Black Sea Corridor opened; the 2011 Suez Canal closure during Egypt's political transition lasted 18 days but involved state-level intervention. The current Hormuz situation lacks comparable pressure points for rapid settlement, as Houthi operations remain decentralised and US–Iran tensions persist without active negotiation frameworks as of early 2025.

Traders should monitor three variables: direct US or regional military action against Houthi infrastructure (which could escalate rather than resolve the crisis), any announced ceasefire or de-escalation agreement involving Iran or Yemen's political factions, and IMF Portwatch data releases themselves—which publish weekly and occasionally contain revisions that could trigger settlement unexpectedly. Recent statements from shipping insurers and major container lines indicate no confidence in near-term normalisation, keeping the 1% probability aligned with market fundamentals.

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