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Cruise ship transits Strait of Hormuz

MarineTraffic confirms the cruise ship Celestyal Discovery is the first passenger vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began.

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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.
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