You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence EMEA News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features EMEA Full Return of Container Shipping to Hormuz May Take Until Mid-September: Xeneta Full Return of Container Shipping to Hormuz May Take Until Mid-September: Xeneta by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday June 22, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker The deal sets 30-day period for minesweeping operations. File Image / Pixabay Container shipping may not fully return to normal in the Strait of Hormuz until mid-September despite the recent US - Iran  preliminary deal to reopen the Strait, according to ocean and freight analytics firm Xeneta . The deal should pave the way for the resumption of container shipping through the key waterway, but the disruption caused by the blockade has been so extensive that global supply chains will take months to recover, it said in an email statement on Friday . "Even if the ceasefire holds, around 10% of global container shipping capacity is impacted by the blockade and freight rates are spiralling across major trades," Peter Sand , chief analyst at Xeneta, said. Before the Iran war broke out in late February , 99 container services operating in or transiting the Arabian Gulf deployed a combined capacity of 3.2 million TEU , equivalent to around 10% of the global container fleet. “ This agreement should be greeted with realism and extreme caution Peter Sand Xeneta added only 11 services remain active today, while hundreds of vessels have been diverted or displaced across global trade routes. The disruption has pushed freight rates sharply higher. Since late February , spot rates from the Far East to the US West Coast have risen 192% , while rates to North Europe have increased 106% . Although the US-I