Explainer: How the Hormuz paralysis could redraw global trade

South Korea is preparing to deploy five Korean-flagged vessels to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu, to bypass Hormuz.
Strait of Hormuz

As US-Iran hostilities grip the Persian Gulf, insurance withdrawals and booking suspensions are doing what no blockade could bringing the world’s most critical oil corridor to a standstill.

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