Blokkade Straat van Hormuz leidt tot spanning op oliemarkt en bij sche

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Op zaterdag 28 februari 2026 21:38 schreef Timwonnacott het volgende:

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Ja, ik maak me zorgen, voornamelijk om de complete laksheid van de Gasunie.

Artikel van afgelopen dinsdag:
https://nos.nl/artikel/26(...)eft-niet-van-gasunie
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De spanningen lopen daar nou al weken op maar echt geen enkele aandrang om ook maar enigszins voorbereid te zijn op een conflict daar in de regio.

Nou, nu is de blokkade er... En nu?

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Op zondag 1 maart 2026 09:03 schreef spectrumanalyser het volgende:
Als de straat afgesloten is, dan ga je toch een straatje verder?

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Op zaterdag 28 februari 2026 21:38 schreef Timwonnacott het volgende:

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Ja, ik maak me zorgen, voornamelijk om de complete laksheid van de Gasunie.

Artikel van afgelopen dinsdag:
https://nos.nl/artikel/26(...)eft-niet-van-gasunie
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De spanningen lopen daar nou al weken op maar echt geen enkele aandrang om ook maar enigszins voorbereid te zijn op een conflict daar in de regio.

Nou, nu is de blokkade er... En nu?

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Op zondag 1 maart 2026 00:14 schreef the-eye het volgende:

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Ik denk dat de EU dan full trottle gaat en er effe helemaal op los sanctied

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Op zondag 1 maart 2026 08:38 schreef cinderloom het volgende:
Vandaag heeft opec+ overleg.
Eens benieuwd of ze de kranen gaan open draaien

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Op zondag 1 maart 2026 10:57 schreef Digi2 het volgende:

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Dan moet je om Afrika heen varen, dat is nogal een omweg

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Op zondag 1 maart 2026 15:23 schreef BlaZ het volgende:
Er staat overigens een olietanker in brand in de straat van Hormuz momenteel: de Skylight.

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The 20-person crew of the Skylight tanker was evacuated after the attack, which occurred about 5 nautical miles north of Musandam's Khasab Port, on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the Oman Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X.

Initial information indicated injuries of varying severity to four of the crew, composed of 15 Indian and five Iranian citizens, it added.

Skylight's registered owner is Sea Force Inc and it is managed by Red Sea Ship Management LLC, LSEG data shows. Both could not be immediately reached for comment.

The U.S. Treasury in December 2025 sanctioned Red Sea Ship Management and Skylight, among other vessels, accusing the management company and its owner of operating a "shadow fleet" to transport Iranian petroleum products in the Gulf.

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Maersk pauses sailings through Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, citing escalating conflict

Danish container shipping group Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), opens new tab will pause sailings through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal and reroute ships around the Cape of Good Hope, it said on Sunday, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
"Due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East region following the escalating military conflict, we have decided...to pause future Trans-Suez sailings through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the time being," Maersk said in a statement.

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China Pressures Iran to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open to Oil and Gas Flows

China is pressuring Iranian officials to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, allow the passage of oil and LNG cargoes, and not attack tankers carrying energy supplies, anonymous senior executives at Chinese state energy firms told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

China depends on Middle East’s oil and LNG for a large part of its huge energy imports. But Iran is heavily dependent on Chinese refiners to buy its sanctioned oil, too, with over 80% going to China. All these supplies have to transit the Strait of Hormuz on their way to China from ports in the Gulf.

Iran on Monday claimed that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed, with Ebrahim Jabbari, a senior adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), quoted as saying that Iran would “attack and set ablaze any ship attempting to cross.”

The U.S. Central Command denies the Strait is closed, a senior U.S. military official told Fox News.

It is unlikely that Iran would mine the Strait, considering that about 80% of its oil exports need to pass through the narrow lane to go to China, according to the official.

Energy flows from the Middle East have already been severely disrupted, with oil tankers diverting away from the Strait of Hormuz, freight rates for supertankers en route to China at all-time highs, insurers ending war risk coverage for vessels transiting the Strait, and Qatar halting its LNG production.

China’s official statements on the war have been limited so far, with calls to end hostilities prevailing.

Still, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that “China believes that under the current severe and complex situation, Iran can maintain social stability and pay attention to reasonable concerns of its neighboring countries.”

At a regular press conference on Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said that “The Strait of Hormuz and its adjacent waters are an important international trade route for goods and energy.”

“China urges relevant parties to immediately stop military operations, avoid further escalation of the tense situation and prevent regional turmoil from causing greater damage to global economic growth,” the spokesperson said.