Trump Says Ships Are Moving Through Hormuz on 'Southern Highway' as Industry Watches Cautiously

President Donald Trump said Monday that ships are once again moving out of the Strait of Hormuz along a southern transit corridor established during the recent conflict with Iran, describing the route as “totally safe, secure, and pristine.”

“Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with Oil, out of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They are going along the Southern ‘Highway,’ which is totally safe, secure, and pristine. There are other areas of travel, also!!!”

The post appears to reference the so-called Omani route, a corridor used during the U.S.-led Project Freedom operation to move