Hormuz Traffic Slowly Picking Up as Oil and LNG Tankers Resume Transits

By Florence Tan, Emily Chow and Jonathan Saul

SINGAPORE, June 22 (Reuters) – Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, in a sign of traffic slowly picking up after Iran said it had again closed the waterway over the weekend, shipping data showed.

Iran lifted its effective blockade of Hormuz last week after agreeing to a 60-day ceasefire with the United States while talks for a final peace deal take place. However, Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards declared the strait shut once again on Saturday, in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon, prompting