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Concerns Grow Over Security of Strait of Hormuz Despite US Claims

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Concerns Grow Over Security of Strait of Hormuz Despite US Claims

Reports of tanker explosions, reduced ship-to-ship transfers and departing seafarers raise concerns over security in the Strait of Hormuz...

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF-3.3% 17d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • FRO Frontline+14.2% 30d

    Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • INSW International Seaways+1.7% 11d

    International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
BWETNo price data for this ticker———————
FRO-2.94%-2.39%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
DHT-1.70%-2.24%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
INSW+1.66%-0.13%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
TNK+0.20%-1.49%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Concerns Grow Over Security of Strait of Hormuz Despite US Claims WANA News Agency

Source: WANA News Agency

Strait of Hormuz

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
DHTthree days earlier-2.24%final price
DHTfive days earlier-1.70%final price
FROthree days earlier-2.39%final price
FROfive days earlier-2.94%final price
INSWthree days earlier-0.13%final price
INSWfive days earlier+1.66%final price
TNKthree days earlier-1.49%final price
TNKfive days earlier+0.20%final price

Where this story sits: Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz

Geopolitics Alpha has 166 stories about Strait of Hormuz from the past 7 days and 426 stories from the past 30. That is faster than its usual pace over the past month. “Concerns Grow Over Security of Strait of Hormuz Despite US Claims” is tagged to Strait of Hormuz.

How solid the shipping case looks

12 out of 100

“Concerns Grow Over Security of Strait of Hormuz Despite US Claims” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.