Commercial vessels are weighing the risks of a last-minute transit as U.S. prepares to take control of the strategic chokepoint

Commercial vessels are weighing the risks of a last-minute transit as U.S. prepares to take control of the strategic chokepoint

The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz threatens to halt more tanker traffic, sending oil surging and risks drawing China into a widening confrontation with Washington.

The U.S. blockade, set to begin at 10 a.m. ET, will apply to "any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," President Donald Trump said.

Live tracking footage from MarineTraffic shows vessels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz before the Iran war began, and what the Strait looked like both after the ceasefire…