blockade
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Vitol scrambled to replace cargoes trapped behind Iran’s Hormuz blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
As well as blocking roads, protesters are in place at fuel terminals in Foynes in County Limerick, as well as at Galway Port and a blockade continues at the Whitegate Oil Refinery in east Cork.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The blockade has already kept about half a billion barrels of oil from the market and pushed up prices by around 40%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Recent reports also suggest the country is accepting stablecoins, pegged to currencies such as the dollar, as payment for letting ships through its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Even though Haupt had earned two medals on his voyage for spotting a British naval blockade and warning the ship to run past it safely, Haupt and Wergin weren't allowed to leave the freighter.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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