shipping lane

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Further signs that the key energy shipping lane is reopening could boost property developers, real-estate investment trusts and aviation-related companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to respond to its latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The strait is a key shipping lane for oil.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Since the war began on 28 February, Tehran has effectively blocked the shipping lane through which about a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas usually passes, causing disruption to the global economy.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

His father, of course, would have gone hours earlier directly to Lew Fielding in order to show him the coast guard shipping lane records for the night of September 15.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson