As more ships moved away from the still-empty Strait of Hormuz in reaction to Iran's attempts to expand its sphere of influence, hundreds of ships were seen congregating close to Dubai on Tuesday.
With the US claiming to have established a passage through the waterway and CBS reporting that two US destroyers had entered the Persian Gulf, the ceasefire between the US and Iran has started to appear more precarious.
Radio broadcasts alerting ships to new boundaries guarded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been reported by crew members. Meanwhile, attacks on the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates highlighted an extended Iranian command zone and prevented much traffic from passing through the strait in the early morning.

Dubai would be located just outside of Tehran's new Hormuz control area, which stretches down the coast of the United Arab Emirates to the south to Umm al-Quwain.
Iran has retaliated against the United States' efforts to balance the power in the Strait. Anoop Singh, global head of shipping research at Oil Broking Ltd., stated, "It's escalation." "I don't anticipate bi-directional flows through the strait reopening quickly."
The nine-week conflict has turned Hormuz, a crucial energy route, into a flashpoint. Since the beginning of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, traffic has decreased, although it fluctuates whenever one side attempts to change control levels.Before the conflict, there were about 135 daily Hormuz voyages; today, there are almost none.