Container Shipping via Strait of Hormuz under pressure: Can GCC bypass ports fill the gap?

With container diversions from the Strait of Hormuz surging since late February 2026, Drewry examines whether the GCC’s alternative port capacity and inland logistics infrastructure can realistically absorb displaced container cargo volumes – and finds a region structurally exposed by decades of underinvestment in bypass corridors. The Strait of Hormuz For decades there have been ...