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The Hormuz Trade Tracker panel (internal id hormuz-tracker) is a focused drill-down on a single chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz. Approximately 20% of global oil transits the Strait daily, so a dedicated real-time view — status, tanker counts, weekly flow changes, disruption events — is more useful than a row in a generic chokepoint table.

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What the panel shows

A status-colored header and per-series bar charts:
  • Status indicator — normal (green #2ecc71), restricted (amber #f39c12), disrupted (orange #e67e22), closed (red #e74c3c). Colours live in statusColor() in src/components/HormuzPanel.ts:10.
  • Per-series bar charts — one chart per tracked series (tanker types, flow categories). Each chart renders recent data points; zero-value bars render in a muted red so gaps are visible rather than invisible. 4-colour palette cycles through #e67e22 / #1abc9c / #9b59b6 / #27ae60.
  • Hover tooltips — hovering a bar surfaces the date, value, and unit (via invisible hit-rects .hbar with data attributes).
Series types come from HormuzSeries[], bundled into HormuzChart[] blocks within the HormuzTrackerData payload. Panel id is hormuz-tracker; canonical component is src/components/HormuzPanel.ts. Title per src/config/panels.ts: “Hormuz Trade Tracker”.

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How you reach it

  • Cmd+K: type hormuz or strait.
  • Availability by variant: registered and enabled by default in the full/geopolitical variant only (priority: 2). Not present in the tech, finance, commodity, or happy variants. Source: 'hormuz-tracker' in FULL_PANELS of src/config/panels.ts.

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Data sources

fetchHormuzTracker() in @/services/hormuz-tracker — backed by the Railway AIS relay that tallies AIS vessel transits through the Strait. The seeder produces both live tanker counts and weekly flow deltas; disruption events surface through the status field. For the public HTTP surface see /api/supply-chain/hormuz-tracker under Proxies.

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Refresh cadence

AIS-driven; the relay writes updates in near-real-time. The panel reads on mount and on manual refresh — it does not poll aggressively.

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Tier & gating

Free. No premium flag in src/config/panels.ts. The backing proxy is public.
  • Maritime Intelligence — broader AIS + chokepoint context (Hormuz is one of 13 monitored waterways).
  • Route Explorer — per-lane analysis that often routes through Hormuz for AE-origin tanker cargo.
  • Scenario Engine — hormuz-tanker-blockade template simulates a full Hormuz closure for 14 days.