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International shipping 'chaos' as Strait of Hormuz closure sends ripple effects across the globe

2026-03-18 73 Dailymotion

Around 90 percent of global goods are transported by sea. And while just approximately 5 percent of them travel directly through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's effective closure of the key passage is having a ripple effect, disrupting trade routes worldwide. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Ebru Surucu-Balci, Assistant Professor in Circular Supply Chains at the School of Management at the University of Bradford.



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