Bangladesh, March 21 -- Three weeks into the ongoing US-Israeli air campaign against Iran, strategic attention has increasingly shifted toward one of the worlds most critical maritime chokepoints: the Strait of Hormuz. Its disruption—or outright closure—poses consequences far beyond the immediate theater of conflict.

At its narrowest, the strait spans roughly 39 kilometers. Yet navigable shipping lanes are far more restricted, limited to about 3.7 kilometers in each direction. Despite this constraint, the waterway carries nearly 20 percent of global oil consumption and approximately one-third of all seaborne crude exports. A significant share of these shipments is bound for major Asian economies, including China, Japan, and S...