{"id":10630,"date":"2026-04-12T08:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/12\/strait-of-hormuz-blocked-two-oil-tankers-turn-back\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:13:35","slug":"strait-of-hormuz-blocked-two-oil-tankers-turn-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/12\/strait-of-hormuz-blocked-two-oil-tankers-turn-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Strait of Hormuz Remains Blocked as Two Oil Tankers Abruptly Turn Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg has reported that two oil tankers, while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, suddenly halted their movements. Maritime data shows that these vessels, en route through one of the world\u2019s most critical oil transit corridors, were forced to turn back and discontinue their journey.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the stoppage of these tankers comes amid growing concerns in the global oil market. The Strait of Hormuz, situated between Iran and Oman, is considered a vital energy transit route, and any disruption there can significantly impact global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg had earlier highlighted the sharp increase in international competition for oil access, noting that oil delivery contract prices have exceeded $140 per barrel in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in oil prices continues as investors remain uncertain about the full resumption of energy supplies in the Middle East. Furthermore, questions and ambiguities persist regarding the durability of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran and the status of restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz\u2014issues that continue to cast a shadow over the market environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two oil tankers abruptly turned back as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, intensifying concerns over global oil supply and prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}