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The ports that matter.

A focused list of eight ports across Iran, the UAE, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that frame the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Each entry pairs port engineering data (max draft, LOA, repair facilities) with the role the port plays during a closure. Ports inside our AIS collection window also carry live transit and stranded counts.

Bandar Abbas

Iran63 km

Iran's primary commercial port

Live AIS

Khor Fakkan

United Arab Emirates136 km

Container transhipment · Indian Ocean side

Reference

Fujairah

United Arab Emirates160 km

ADCOP terminus · Indian Ocean side

Live AIS

Jask

Iran182 km

Goreh-Jask pipeline terminus

Reference

Jebel Ali

United Arab Emirates210 km

Largest container port in MENA

Live AIS

Sohar

Oman232 km

Indian Ocean alt berthing

Live AIS

Ras Laffan

Qatar470 km

World's largest LNG export terminal

Reference

Yanbu

Saudi Arabia1847 km

Petroline terminus · Red Sea

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