Middle East / Iran · Shipping & Trade

Iran escalates tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz

Rank
Ran: 47h
Updated: 13h ago
Final
Outlets: 36
Regions: 5
Countries: 27
Languages: 11

Al-Monitor International · English 7 Oct, 14:46 UTC

The earliest of 24 English reports

Read it also in Español (2) · +9 languages

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How it spread

Outlets, by hours since the first article

First outlet: Al-Monitor, 7 Oct, 14:46 UTC.
Second region: Asia-Pacific, with The Business Standard.
Second country: United States, with gCaptain.
Fastest hour: +6 outlets from 8 Oct, 03:33 UTC.
Last article: 36 outlets.

Where it travelled

The 27 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. 2 international outlets publish from no single country and cannot be shown. Open the live map

The regions

14%31%28%14%

Africa 3 outlets · 3 countries · 8%
Americas 5 outlets · 4 countries · 14%
Asia-Pacific 11 outlets · 7 countries · 31%
Europe 10 outlets · 8 countries · 28%
Middle East 5 outlets · 4 countries · 14%
International 2 outlets · 5%

First movers

Al-Monitor 7 Oct, 14:46 UTC
The Business Standard +8m
gCaptain +19m
Times of India +39m
An-Nahar +42m

Last to join

RTÉ 9 Oct, 14:27 UTC
Seatrade Maritime 9 Oct, 14:11 UTC
Aftonbladet 9 Oct, 14:07 UTC
UzA 9 Oct, 13:49 UTC
Vedomosti 9 Oct, 13:26 UTC

The chapters

This story continues an earlier wave: Iran escalates tanker attacks in Hormuz Strait, 5 to 7 Oct 2026, 11 outlets.

The figures

Coverage: 36 outlets in 27 countries, across 5 regions, 6 of them trade press. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 36 outlets, 3 state-owned, 2 public-service, 31 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region: Africa 3: Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal. Americas 4: Argentina, Canada, Peru, United States. Asia-Pacific 7: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. Europe 8: Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom. Middle East 4: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. International 1: the outlets that publish from no single country, counted as one. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages: Arabic, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Korean, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Uzbek, Vietnamese.
Timeline: Earliest article Al-Monitor, 7 Oct 2026, 14:46 UTC. First seen 7 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC. Last seen 9 Oct 2026, 14:27 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification: Region Middle East, Iran. Topic Shipping & trade. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score: 0.55, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain: Continues Iran escalates tanker attacks in Hormuz Strait. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.
Day by day: Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method

7 Oct 2026 138 5.73 11 10 11 10 4.6

8 Oct 2026 78 8.00 31 23 24 19 4.6

9 Oct 2026 133 5.24 36 27 5 5 4.6

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How this was measured

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Started 7 Oct, 15:10 UTC · Updated 9 Oct, 14:27 UTC

Covered by 36 outlets

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RTÉ Ireland 9 Oct, 14:27 UTC
Iran struck tanker transiting Hormuz via 'illegal route'
Seatrade Maritime United Kingdom 9 Oct, 14:11 UTC
Iran threatens wider tanker attacks as VLCC struck in Gulf
Aftonbladet Sweden 9 Oct, 14:07 UTC
Iran: Har beskjutit tankfartyg vid Hormuz
UzA Uzbekistan 9 Oct, 13:49 UTC
Эрон зарбаси кучаймоқда: навбатда Ўмон кўрфази
Vedomosti Russia 9 Oct, 13:26 UTC
Иран атаковал танкер с СПГ в Ормузском проливе
Anadolu Agency Turkey 8 Oct, 20:37 UTC
Heavy explosions in Strait of Hormuz as tankers may have hit mines: Iran’s state broadcaster
Maritime Executive United States 8 Oct, 18:15 UTC
Hormuz Transits Fall to Lowest Level in Two Months as Attacks Increase
gCaptain United States 8 Oct, 17:03 UTC
Attack Risks Rise for Tankers as Iran Vows to Block More Hormuz Routes
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- Attacks on Tankers in Hormuz Hit Highest of Any Week Since Start of Iran War, Sources Say 7 Oct, 15:05 UTC
Daily Times Pakistan 8 Oct, 16:40 UTC
Iran threats raise risks for tankers near Hormuz
CTV News Canada 8 Oct, 14:50 UTC
Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes
Business Recorder Pakistan 8 Oct, 14:28 UTC
Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes
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- Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say 8 Oct, 02:56 UTC
El Comercio Peru 8 Oct, 14:16 UTC
Estrecho de Ormuz: Los ataques a buques llegan a máximos anuales y cae un 27 % el tránsito de crudo
Euronews France 8 Oct, 13:49 UTC
Iran strikes tankers outside Hormuz in signs of expanding campaign
Al-Monitor International 8 Oct, 13:46 UTC
Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes
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- Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say 7 Oct, 14:46 UTC
Marine Insight India 8 Oct, 13:36 UTC
Strait Of Hormuz Tanker Attacks Hit Highest Weekly Level Since US-Iran War Began
Cyprus Mail Cyprus 8 Oct, 13:15 UTC
Attack risks rise for tankers as Iran vows to block more Hormuz routes
Infobae Argentina 8 Oct, 10:02 UTC
Los ataques a buques en Ormuz llegan a máximos anuales y cae un 27 % el tránsito de crudo
Dakaractu Senegal 8 Oct, 09:45 UTC
Ormuz : 100000 dollars par mois, soit plus de 58 millions FCFA pour « oser franchir le détroit »
Hankyoreh South Korea 8 Oct, 08:30 UTC
이란, 호르무즈 통항 늘자 ‘발끈’…1주일새 상선 공격 최다
VOV Vietnam 8 Oct, 07:52 UTC
Thời sự quốc tế trưa 8/10: Tàu dầu liên tiếp bị tấn công tại eo biển Hormuz
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- Số vụ tấn công nhằm vào tàu chở dầu tại eo Hormuz cao kỷ lục 7 Oct, 22:54 UTC
Sky News Arabia United Arab Emirates 8 Oct, 07:15 UTC
حركة هرمز تهبط لأدنى مستوى في شهرين
OilPrice.com United Kingdom 8 Oct, 07:00 UTC
Hormuz Tanker Traffic Hits Two-Month Low as Attacks Surge
An-Nahar Lebanon 8 Oct, 04:53 UTC
انخفاض حركة السفن عبر مضيق هرمز إلى أدنى مستوى في أكثر من شهرين
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- استهداف الناقلات بمضيق هرمز يسجل أعلى مستوى أسبوعي 7 Oct, 15:29 UTC
The Hindu India 8 Oct, 04:19 UTC
Strait of Hormuz transits at lowest in over two months after attacks, data shows
ARY News Pakistan 8 Oct, 04:06 UTC
Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say
The National United Arab Emirates 8 Oct, 04:02 UTC
Hormuz traffic hits lowest level in two months as tanker attacks surge
Free Malaysia Today Malaysia 8 Oct, 03:59 UTC
Hormuz transits at lowest in over two months after attacks
RTS Serbia 8 Oct, 03:50 UTC
Вашингтон и Техеран опречно о Ормузу и нуклеарном програму; највише напада на танкере од почетка рата
MyJoyOnline Ghana 8 Oct, 03:33 UTC
Hormuz transits at lowest in over two months after attacks, data shows
Punch Nigeria 7 Oct, 23:40 UTC
Hormuz tanker attacks spike amid rising Gulf exports
Hellenic Shipping News Greece 7 Oct, 21:00 UTC
Rebounding oil exports through Strait of Hormuz are vulnerable to stepped-up Iranian tanker attacks
Arab News Saudi Arabia 7 Oct, 20:24 UTC
Hormuz transits at lowest in over two months after attacks, data shows
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- Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say 7 Oct, 20:24 UTC
Middle East Eye International 7 Oct, 16:49 UTC
Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war
Politis Cyprus 7 Oct, 16:15 UTC
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Times of India India 7 Oct, 15:25 UTC
Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz highest in a week since Iran war began: Report
The Business Standard Bangladesh 7 Oct, 14:55 UTC
Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Day	Rank	Score	Outlets	Countries	24h outlets	24h countries	Method
7 Oct 2026	138	5.73	11	10	11	10	4.6
8 Oct 2026	78	8.00	31	23	24	19	4.6
9 Oct 2026	133	5.24	36	27	5	5	4.6