Only 90 Ships Have Crossed Hormuz Since War Broke Out

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Why it matters

FinBERT analysis of financial text showing neutral sentiment with 94.1% confidence.

Expected market reaction

Neutral Confidence 94% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: High

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source OilPrice.com
Claim Only 90 Ships Have Crossed Hormuz Since War Broke Out
Affected assets OIL
AI inference Neutral · 94%
Generated 2026-03-18 09:20

AI provenance

Analysed by FinBERT Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
huggingface-ProsusAI/finbert
Model id
prosusai/finbert
Analysis version
huggingface-ProsusAI/finbert
Article id
59450
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • FinBERT OIL Neutral 94% 6h
    Generated 6h Verified

    Scored incorrect

Logged at publication, scored automatically once the window closes — never edited.

Actual outcome

Asset OIL
Reference price 96.64000000
Price at evaluation 97.84000000
Change 1.2417%
Result Scored incorrect

Original source

A total of some 90 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran earlier this month, according to data from maritime traffic tracking outlets. This is down from over 100 ships traversing the strait on a daily basis before the war. A lot of these 90 vessels appear to have been oil tankers, the data suggests, with AP, which cited it, saying that many of the successful ships were in so-called dark mode when they passed Hormuz and were likely linked to the Iranian government, according to Lloyd’s…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on March 18, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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