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More tankers are moving through Hormuz.
The Times's Wednesday front said oil exports in the Middle East are rising even while prices stay high. Supply is still short of demand.
The Rocket News · Washington Bureau · New YorkSeptember 30, 2026 · 3 min read
NEW YORK — The Wednesday front of The New York Times led its business news with the strait. More tankers are moving through Hormuz as shippers gain confidence, Peter Eavis reported, even as attacks have not stopped. Prices remain elevated. The global supply of oil is still below demand.
Five days ago Iran offered to reopen the strait in seven days if Washington lifted the blockade and waived oil sanctions. The Economy desk does not treat that offer as a deal. It files what the paper printed this morning: the ships are moving, and the barrel is still scarce.
More tankers are moving. The global supply of oil is still below demand.
The diesel-export argument on the same front, the Republicans asking Trump for a ban, is a second story. This note is the traffic in the strait.
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