{"id":21532,"date":"2026-09-10T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/10\/strait-of-hormuz-cargo-ship-traffic-oil-prices-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:31:04","slug":"strait-of-hormuz-cargo-ship-traffic-oil-prices-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/10\/strait-of-hormuz-cargo-ship-traffic-oil-prices-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Cargo Ships Cross Strait of Hormuz as Oil Prices Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping companies have said the number of cargo vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday was lower than the average over the previous 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>The decline in traffic was reported as media outlets described rising tensions in the strait, a development that has also pushed up oil prices. According to these reports, Brent crude rose above $101 a barrel for the first time in seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Republic of Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States changes its behaviour and returns to its commitments under the Islamabad agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world&#8217;s most important shipping routes for energy transport, and any disruption to vessel traffic through this passage usually has an immediate effect on global oil markets and maritime trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer cargo ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing Brent crude above $101 a barrel amid rising tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21532","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=21532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}