Hormuz Strait Monitor — Real-Time Monitoring Skill for the Strait of Hormuz

Skill Overview

Hormuz Strait Monitor is an agent skill for real-time queries on the transit status of the Strait of Hormuz. With one click, it retrieves data on tanker traffic, oil price fluctuations, stranded vessels, war-risk premiums, and the impact on global trade, serving energy trading, commodity research, and geopolitical risk analysis.

Use Cases

1. Real-Time Strait Status Briefings: Quickly answer questions such as “Is the Strait of Hormuz open right now?” by retrieving the strait’s current status and duration, tanker traffic over the past 24 hours, the percentage relative to normal levels, the latest diplomatic developments, and a crisis timeline.
2. Energy Market Research: Analyze the impact of the strait’s situation on Brent crude prices, changes in VLCC tanker rates relative to pre-crisis levels, Gulf war-risk premium levels and their multiples, providing structured data for commodity research and energy trading decisions.
3. Global Supply Chain Risk Assessment: Assess the number of stranded vessels, estimated daily global trade losses, oil dependence in major affected regions, the additional days and costs associated with alternative routes, the LNG supply impact, and the number of days of strategic petroleum reserves available.

Core Features

1. Real-Time Dashboard Data Retrieval: Directly reads the publicly available Hormuz Strait Monitor dashboard API, with no login or authentication required. It covers 11 data categories: strait status, vessel traffic, oil prices, stranded vessels, insurance risk, cargo throughput, diplomatic developments, global trade impact, the crisis timeline, tanker rates, and the latest news, with data update times clearly indicated.
2. Intelligent Data Matching and Formatted Presentation: Automatically matches relevant data categories to users’ questions. Vessel counts, affected regions, and alternative routes are presented in tables, while oil prices and throughput are described in terms of trend direction. Traffic and other indicators that significantly deviate from normal levels—below 80% or above 120%—are automatically highlighted.
3. Tiered Risk Assessment: Provides interpretations based on five insurance risk levels: NORMAL / ELEVATED / HIGH / CRITICAL / EXTREME. When the strait is not fully open, it proactively summarizes the daily cost to global trade, affected regions, alternative routes, LNG impacts, and the number of days of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz normally right now?

The skill reads the monitoring dashboard in real time and directly reports the strait’s current status—such as OPEN, RESTRICTED, or CLOSED—the duration of the current status, the number of vessels transiting over the past 24 hours, and the percentage of normal levels. It also includes a breakdown of stranded vessels by type, such as tankers and bulk carriers. Significant deviations in traffic volume are specially highlighted. Data comes from the publicly available Hormuz Strait Monitor source and may be delayed.

What oil price-related data does this skill cover?

It includes the Brent crude price and its 24-hour change and price trend; current VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) rates on benchmark routes and their percentage change relative to the pre-crisis baseline; Gulf war-risk premiums as a percentage of cargo value and their multiple relative to normal levels; as well as the percentage of global oil supplies affected and estimated daily economic losses under a strait-disruption scenario.

Does using it require payment, login credentials, or an API key?

No. This skill provides read-only queries and directly accesses publicly available Hormuz Strait Monitor dashboard data, with no registration, login, or authentication required. If the monitoring source is temporarily unavailable, the skill will prompt you to visit hormuzstraitmonitor.com directly. It only provides data queries and risk interpretation; it does not offer trading or alert-push functions.