Cruise ship transits Strait of Hormuz

The cruise ship Celestyal Discovery has become the first passenger vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began, according to MarineTraffic data. This passage comes amid a tense and fluid situation in the strategic waterway, where Iran has issued a complex set of new transit rules and the U.S. maintains a naval blockade. The transit provides a real-world test of Iran's declared reopening of the strait for commercial navigation. Approximately 2,000 other vessels remain stuck in the Persian Gulf, creating a massive maritime logjam.