Entity
The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes.
Singapore-Flagged Container Ship Carrying Over 2,500 Containers Sinks In Strait Of Hormuz
Reported event · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers
Strait of Hormuz
Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events
Oil prices rise after reported Iranian attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers
Two ships sink near Hormuz after being hit by projectiles amid surge in attacks
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers
Failure to activate Hormuz fertilizer plan could trigger food crisis, UN official says
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers
All 11 events and claims involving Hormuz
3,634 documents · 264 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 15 Oct 2026
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The other 158 mentions: counted daily from tracked coverage; single mentions are not listed one by one
Reported alongside Hormuz
Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.
Story momentum
Rising
The word compares 164 mentions on 15 Oct 2026 with 87 on 24 Sept 2026 (+89%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.
Daily mentions +531% from 31 Aug 2026 to 15 Oct 2026, between 19 and 191 a day
How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.
164 mentions on 15 Oct 2026; 87 on 24 Sept 2026: counted from tracked coverage from 24 Sept 2026 to 15 Oct 2026; a count of coverage; we serve current state, not forecasts
Market price, cited
12% Yes
priced 15 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question
the market: 28% → 12% Yes (-16pts, from 31 Aug 2026 to 15 Oct 2026)
on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”
The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Hormuz
“Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it
Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.
For developers
This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/c0ec2e6075dbc1602e45194e returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name hormuz.
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}The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.
Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.
Reported event · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers
Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers
reported by two
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers
single source
Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers
reported by two
Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events
Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher
single source
Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher
single source
Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers
reported by two
Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers
corroborated
Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers
reported by two
Open where it comes from, follow a claim or a related name, and use the trail to come back. Every step says what it is, how it stands and when. Machines read the same record.
Claim, reached from Hormuz.
Recent reporting that names Hormuz, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.
NY Times · attributed
Gulf Oil Is Still Flowing Despite a Surge in Attacks on Ships (opens the original article)
The Independent · attributed
Al Jazeera
NY Times · attributed
Oil Prices Rise as Iran Steps Up Attacks and Fighting Intensifies (opens the original article)
Tehran Times
US carriers dare not approach Hormuz, we are waiting to sink them (opens the original article)
Al Jazeera
Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.
Markets whose question is about Hormuz or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Hormuz and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.
“Will fewer than 20 ships transit the Strait of Hormuz between October 19-October 25?”
Polymarket · priced 15 Oct 2026
Relation: named in the question · “hormuz” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question
“US-Iran Hormuz Agreement by October 31?”
Polymarket · priced 15 Oct 2026
Relation: named in the question · “hormuz” is named in the question · closes 31 Oct 2026
“Shipping targeted in Hormuz on October 16, 2026?”
Polymarket · priced 15 Oct 2026
Relation: about a place in it · “hormuz” appears only as the place something happens (“in …”) · closes 16 Oct 2026
Related records.
coverage state changed: steady to rising
Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026
wire tier changed: watch to flagged
Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026
coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady
Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026
wire tier changed: flagged to watch
Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026
coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history
Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026
wire tier changed: watch to flagged
Previous state held since 9 Oct 2026
coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady
Previous state held since 9 Oct 2026
wire tier changed: flagged to watch
Previous state held since 7 Oct 2026
11 changes recorded since 5 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.
Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 15 Oct 2026.