Strait of Hormuz Map: Live Status and News

Updated 08:31 UTC · 29 Oct 2026

MonitorWorld's chokepoint model rates the Strait of Hormuz RED (high disruption risk) with a disruption score of 70/100 as of 08:31 UTC. This is a risk rating, not a closure notice: for the actual traffic situation, read the latest media reports below and the official advisories from UKMTO and the JMIC.

RED

Chokepoint status (our model)

as of 08:31 UTC

70/100

Disruption score

as of 08:31 UTC

Media reports, past 3 days

as of 08:31 UTC

~20M

Barrels of oil per day (EIA, 2024)

about 20% of world use

[ fig. 1 ] STRAIT OF HORMUZStatus redMain route (approx.)

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Key context

Why the strait matters

The Strait of Hormuz links the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the open ocean. It is about 21 miles (33 km) wide at its narrowest point, and ships use two inbound and outbound lanes, each about 2 miles wide, inside the territorial waters of Iran and Oman.

According to the EIA, about 20 million barrels of oil per day flowed through the strait in 2024, roughly 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption. Most of it goes to Asia: China, India, Japan and South Korea are the largest buyers. About a fifth of the world's LNG trade, mainly from Qatar, also passes here.

What our status means

Our model combines a threat baseline for the area, active navigational warnings (0 now) and AIS disruption signals into a 0-100 score. Today's main driver: Active conflict: Iran-Israel war. Routes affected: Gulf Oil Exports, Qatar LNG, Iran Exports.

Treat the rating as a risk indicator. It can stay red for weeks in a tense period even while ships keep moving, and it can lag a sudden event by up to 30 minutes.

All 13 chokepoints right now

Chokepoint	Status	Score
Suez Canal	YELLOW	30
Strait of Malacca	GREEN	0
Strait of Hormuz	RED	70
Bab el-Mandeb	YELLOW	40
Panama Canal	GREEN	0
Taiwan Strait	YELLOW	20
Cape of Good Hope	GREEN	15
Strait of Gibraltar	GREEN	15
Bosporus Strait	YELLOW	30
Korea Strait	GREEN	0
Dover Strait	GREEN	15
Kerch Strait	RED	70
Lombok Strait	GREEN	0

Bypass routes

Saudi Arabia: East-West (Petroline) pipeline from Abqaiq to Yanbu on the Red Sea.
UAE: Habshan-Fujairah pipeline (ADCOP) to Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman, about 1.5 million barrels per day.
Together the EIA estimates about 2.6 million barrels per day of unused bypass capacity, far less than normal flows.
Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have no meaningful bypass for their exports.

Questions and answers

Is the Strait of Hormuz open?

As of 08:31 UTC our chokepoint model rates it RED (high disruption risk), score 70/100. MonitorWorld does not decide whether the strait is open. Shipping status is set by navies, coastal states and insurers; the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) publish the official advisories. Read the dated media reports above for the latest situation.

Is the Strait of Hormuz closed right now?

Check the date and time on each media report above and the UKMTO advisories. A closure would show up as a stop in tanker traffic, official notices and war-risk insurance changes, not only as headlines. Our risk rating measures the risk of disruption; it is not a notice that the strait is closed.

Can the Strait of Hormuz be bypassed?

Only partly. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline can move crude to Yanbu on the Red Sea, and the UAE's Habshan-Fujairah pipeline reaches the Gulf of Oman. The US Energy Information Administration estimates that about 2.6 million barrels per day of unused pipeline capacity could bypass the strait, a small part of the roughly 20 million barrels per day that normally pass it. Qatar's LNG exports have no bypass.

Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?

It is the only sea route out of the Gulf. In 2024 about 20 million barrels of oil per day passed through it, about 20% of world petroleum liquids consumption, plus about a fifth of global LNG trade, mostly from Qatar (EIA). Any disruption raises oil and gas prices worldwide within hours.

How many ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz per day?

MonitorWorld does not publish a verified daily transit count yet. Vessel-tracking firms publish daily counts; in normal times traffic is dominated by large crude and product tankers and LNG carriers. For scale, the EIA figure of about 20 million barrels of oil per day in 2024 equals roughly ten very large crude carriers' worth of oil every day.

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Sources

MonitorWorld chokepoint model: status (green / yellow / red) and a 0-100 disruption score from a threat baseline, navigational warnings and AIS disruption signals. A risk rating, not an official notice.
The GDELT Project (DOC 2.0 API): media reports, matched by keyword. Headlines link to the publisher; MonitorWorld does not verify them.
MonitorWorld news digest: headlines from public news feeds (Reuters, AP, BBC, Al Jazeera and others), severity rated by our model. Each headline links to the publisher.
U.S. Energy Information Administration: oil flow and bypass pipeline figures for the Strait of Hormuz.

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