Normally there is a steady flow of ships through the strait, but when Israel and the United States attacked Iran, many ships docked and traffic stalled on February 28. For Die Zeit, Gregor Aisch and Zacharias Zacharakis report on the stoppage with an animated map.
The data comes from Kpler Marine Traffic, which shows ship locations in real-time around the world.
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