{"id":371379,"date":"2026-04-02T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/371379\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:25:10","slug":"which-countries-ships-are-hit-by-hormuz-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/371379\/","title":{"rendered":"Which countries’ ships are hit by Hormuz crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The The Indian-flagged tanker Jag Vasant transited through the Strait of Hormuz carrying liquefied petroleum gas (Punit PARANJPE) \u00b7 Punit PARANJPE\/AFP\/AFP <\/p>\n

Shipping companies from Greece, the UAE and China are most affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from Bloomberg and marine traffic organisations.<\/p>\n

Around 670 commodity vessels sent signals from west of the Strait of Hormuz over the last day, with companies from the nearby United Arab Emirates accounting for 120 — around 18 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

The war erupted on February 28 when the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran, sparking retaliatory strikes across the region — with Tehran’s forces targeting the crucial waterway.<\/p>\n

The figures may understate the true totals as some vessels may have turned off their transponders.<\/p>\n

– Greece –<\/p>\n

After the UAE, next on the list is Greece: its companies have at least 75 commodity vessels that have been in the strait since the beginning of the war — around 12 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

Of those vessels, around 30 are oil or gas tankers, according to an analysis of Bloomberg data, which collates information from various organisations.<\/p>\n

– China\u00a0–<\/p>\n

Asian countries have been hit hard by the shutdown.<\/p>\n

Chinese companies account for 74 commodity vessels in the area, 25 of which are oil and gas tankers. The remainder are dry bulk carriers such as container ships.<\/p>\n

– Japan –<\/p>\n

Japanese companies have at least 23 oil and gas vessels and 16 dry carriers in the strait.<\/p>\n

Added to that, 25 vessels from Hong Kong \u00a0— 13 oil and gas, 12 dry — are also in the region.<\/p>\n

– India –<\/p>\n

India-based companies have 24 oil and gas vessels in the area.<\/p>\n

Singapore and South Korea companies have also been affected, with 29 and 22 commodity vessels respectively stuck since the war began.<\/p>\n

Vietnam has three large gas carriers in the area.<\/p>\n

– Oil and gas –<\/p>\n

Around 50 Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) appear to be stuck, along with 11 Very Large Gas Carriers.<\/p>\n

South Korea accounts for seven of the VLCCs, China and Japan companies each account for six, and Greece for five.<\/p>\n

– Iran-linked vessels\u00a0–<\/p>\n

Of the 225 crossings by commodity carriers since the start of the war, more than 40 were by Iranian vessels, according to data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler.<\/p>\n

A further 60 were by vessels that are not flagged or directly owned by Iran but are sanctioned by the US under its Iran program.<\/p>\n

– Greek, Chinese crossings –<\/p>\n

Some 35 crossings have been made by Greek-owned vessels, including eight by one company, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd.<\/p>\n

At least 20 Chinese-affiliated vessels and 13 Indian-linked vessels have made the journey.<\/p>\n

Some vessels appeared to have crossed the strait via a vetting system in which Iran grants safe passage to certain vessels from friendly countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indian-flagged tanker Jag Vasant transited through the Strait of Hormuz carrying liquefied petroleum gas (Punit PARANJPE) \u00b7…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[178566,178564,85,87,46,165996,43,16755,178565,114994],"class_list":["post-371379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-gas-carriers","tag-gas-tankers","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-liquefied-petroleum-gas","tag-news","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-shipping-companies","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}