Commercial vessels offshore in of Dubai last week

Commercial vessels offshore in of Dubai last week

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Just a trickle of cargo ships and tankers has made it through the Strait of Hormuz since Iranian forces blocked the crucial trade route in the Middle East war.

Here are facts and figures about vessels that have passed through the 167-kilometre (104-mile) strait since the war broke out with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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