- Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by September 15?0¢0%
Persistent geopolitical tensions and repeated attacks on vessels have kept commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz at roughly 3% of pre-crisis levels as of September 23, 2026, with daily volumes around three ships versus a normal 74–85. War-risk insurance premiums remain elevated at 15–40 times peacetime rates, rendering most voyages uneconomic for operators, while major container carriers continue rerouting and the IMO evacuation framework stays paused. Recent incidents, including strikes in September, have sustained extreme risk assessments and prevented any meaningful recovery in throughput or access. Tail risks include a rapid diplomatic breakthrough that clears insurance and security barriers, though current kinetic activity and sanctions exposure make such a shift improbable before resolution.
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This market will resolve to “Yes” if IMF Portwatch publishes a 7-day moving average of transit calls (“Arrivals of Ships”) for the Strait of Hormuz equal to or above 60 for any date between market creation and September 15, 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Daily transit calls include container, dry bulk, roll-on/roll-off, general cargo, and tanker ships. Ships not reported by IMF Portwatch will not be considered. This market will resolve as soon as IMF Portwatch publishes a 7-day moving average of transit calls equal to or above the specified level, or once data has been published for the final date in the specified period and no such value has been published. If no data has been published for the final date of the specified period within 14 calendar days (ET) after the end of that period, this market will resolve based on data published up to that point. Revisions to previously published data points made within this market’s timeframe will be considered. However, they will not disqualify a previously published data point from qualifying. Revisions to previously published data points after data is published for September 15, 2026, however, will not be considered. In case of obvious data integrity issues (i.e., erroneous data), the market may remain open until the end of the third calendar day (ET) after the date on which such data is first released to allow for corrections. Data integrity issues refer only to clerical or other similar errors in the underlying data, and do not include cases where IMF Portwatch differs from alternative sources. The resolution source for this market will be IMF Portwatch, specifically the transit calls data published for the Strait of Hormuz at https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/cb5856222a5b4105adc6ee7e880a1730, both in the chart and through downloadable files.