Record Traffic in Strait of Hormuz

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story. This is Global News, driven by AI and built for a global audience. More than 20 vessels cruise through the straight-of-horn moves on Saturday, marking the highest traffic there since March 1st, according to shipping, data from Kapler. A handful of those ships had loaded up from Iran, hauling everything from oil products and metals to liquefied petroleum gas, with carriers bound for. Spots like China and India. This waterway stays crucial as a global oil choke point, and folks in shipping circles see the uptick as the signed shipping lanes are bouncing back amid. Regional watchfulness. Other tankers in the mix came from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, dropping refined products, fertilizer, and petroleum. Coke toward Indonesia, Mozambique, Thailand, and even Italy. All this movement hints at steady flows resuming, keeping the energy trade humming without major hitches for now.