Trace maritime warnings, international safety efforts and a later reported tanker attack. This timeline separates a call for safe passage from evidence that commercial traffic has actually normalized.
Selected maritime milestones through September 18, 2026. The final attack report remained unconfirmed by AP; no real-time passage guarantee is implied.
Dates without a time use the local date of the event.
Iranian authorities, reported by AP
AP reported Iran's claim that it had struck a tanker attempting to pass through the strait the previous night.
AP explicitly said it could not immediately verify the claim. The date here is when that claim was reported.
Selected maritime milestones through September 18, 2026. The final attack report remained unconfirmed by AP; no real-time passage guarantee is implied.
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