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More than Oil and Gas: Stranded Fertilizer Ships Reveal Another Side of Hormuz Crisis The temporary agreement announced by the United States and Iran to end months of conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz does not mark an immediate end to a commercial disruption that has unfolded largely away from the spotlight that focused mostly on oil and gas. While energy markets await the resumption of crude and LNG shipments, shipowners carrying fert — via @chigrl

Hormuz crisis and stranded fertilizer ships signal severe dry-bulk commodity traffic paralysis.