Big fall in oil, gas and cargo ships taking US-backed Hormuz route after new strikes

What we know

Data shows a decline in the number of ships - many carrying oil and gas - going through the waterway after attacks this week

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The big backdrop

Understanding big fall in oil, gas and cargo ships taking us-backed hormuz route after new strikes requires seeing it as part of a broader pattern in big, fall, oil, gas, cargo.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our big read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of big, fall, oil, gas, cargo: Data shows a decline in the number of ships - many carrying oil and gas - going through the waterway after attacks this week.