Renewed Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz Threaten to Compound Global Supply Chain Costs

Renewed Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz have collapsed throughput to 1.27% of pre-conflict levels, with war-risk insurance premiums rising 33-fold to 5%; LNG and fertilizer shipments have stalled entirely, threatening to compound inflationary pressures on energy and food-importing economies.

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