Blockade Succeeds Where Sanctions Failed as Iran Oil Exports Stall
No Iranian crude cargoes have reached China through the strait since July 14, and floating storage rose to 41.7 million barrels by Aug. 26, Vortexa said.
- For the first time on record, Iran has gone about seven weeks without shipping meaningful crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz, as a U.S. naval blockade succeeds in cutting off one of Tehran's main sources of foreign-currency earnings.
- Since the U.S. reinstated its blockade on July 14 as part of the six-month conflict, no Iranian crude cargoes have successfully transited to China, according to Kpler, Vortexa, and TankerTrackers data.
- Iran currently has 29 tankers inside the strait carrying 36.11 million barrels of crude, while exports fell to about 220,000 to 255,000 barrels per day in August from roughly 740,000 barrels per day in July.
- The International Monetary Fund estimates Iran's inflation rate at nearly 70% this year, as the export collapse drains foreign-currency income and forces Tehran to rely on dwindling floating storage in Asia.
- Beyond the blockade, 51 shadow-fleet tankers remain in the Gulf of Oman with another 81 active in Asia, though TankerTrackers co-founder Samir Madani said "China can grab whatever's floating around in their neck of the woods, but that's about it for now, really.
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