Chokepoint Data · the Strait of Hormuz crisis

Project Freedom begins; CENTCOM says passage opened as Iran attacks convoys

2026-05-04 · military

CENTCOM said it had opened a transit corridor and the first commercial vessels, including a Maersk-subsidiary ship, crossed under US military escort. The same day Iran attacked shipping with cruise missiles, drones and small craft (boxship HMM Namu caught fire off the UAE) and US attack helicopters destroyed IRGC fast-attack boats.

Brent next close -3.2% · +7 days -10.3% · transits 4.7 → 1.1 per day

Sources

Bloomberg · Wikipedia (Operation Project Freedom) · CNN

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