CENTCOM says Hormuz energy shipments reached a six-month high

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CENTCOM reports increased Strait of Hormuz traffic

U.S. Central Command said crude-oil, cargo and liquefied-natural-gas traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during the past two weeks exceeded every other point in the preceding six months. Commander Adm. Brad Cooper also said U.S. forces had supported more than 2,000 commercial transits and the movement of more than 1 billion barrels of crude leaving the Gulf in recent months. These are U.S. military claims; the retrieved reports provide no independently verified shipment totals or evidence that traffic has returned to prewar levels. This briefing covers 2026-09-18T16:17:50.448Z through 2026-09-20T04:17:50.448Z. The timestamp is Saudi Gazette’s publication metadata, not when the traffic milestone occurred.

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