What is the Strait of Hormuz and what role does it play in global trade? - BBC World Service

Описание: Around 3,000 ships a month would normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.

It's the world's busiest oil shipping channel - about 20% of the world’s oil is carried through it.

It is deep enough for the biggest crude oil tankers and used by the Middle East’s major oil and gas producers - Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

But the war has severely reduced sea traffic through the area.

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