Tanker owner trade body says centre of strait will stay shut for ‘some time’, and vessels forced to hug Omani coast risk running aground The centre of the strait of Hormuz is blocked with about 80 mines that will need clearing for normal shipping to resume, the independent tanker owner trade body...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/normal-shipping-will-not-resume-in-strait-of-hormuz-until-mines-cleared)