Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽

Anchor/correspondent @CNN @CNNi covering Hong Kong, China & Asia 🎥📝🌏| @AAJA | @AsiaSociety | @Stanford | Name my momma gave me in California: 魯可蒂

[Lloyd's List @LloydsList]

Evergreen boxship hit in Strait of Hormuz
https://t.co/2UXKJHLALx

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

On this #DayoftheSeafarer, a quick update on the War in the Middle East:

- 🛢️ US oil prices fall to lowest levels since war began
- ⛽ Gas prices remain elevated at $3.92 per gallon
- ⚖️ Trump orders Big Oil probe over pricing (analysts: gas prices do NOT move in lockstep with crude)
- 🚢 Shipping traffic doubles in Strait of Hormuz over past 24 hrs
- 🌊 @IMOHQ: Backlog of 500–600 ships persists; ~11,000 seafarers still stranded

🙏🏽 Today is the International Day of the Seafarer, which is celebrated each year on June 25. The 2026 campaign is led by the IMO under the theme, "Carrying world trade. Carrying the risks," which highlights the vital role of mariners in global trade while underscoring the dangers they face in conflict zones and high-risk areas.

[International Maritime Organization @IMOHQ]

Today is #DayoftheSeafarer We’re highlighting seafarers’ voices from high-risk areas.
As Clarisse Bangga shared:
“You don’t know when the war will end; you don’t know when the vessel can safely pass the Strait so it is very difficult.”
Listen to her story: https://t.co/JNyt5i0ByL

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

On this #DayoftheSeafarer, a quick update on the War in the Middle East:

- 🛢️ US oil prices fall to lowest levels since war began
- ⛽ Gas prices remain elevated at $3.92 per gallon
- ⚖️ Trump orders Big Oil probe over pricing (analysts: gas prices do NOT move in lockstep with crude)
- 🚢 Shipping traffic doubles in Strait of Hormuz over past 24 hrs
- 🌊 @IMOHQ: Backlog of 500–600 ships persists; ~11,000 seafarers still stranded

🙏🏽 Today is the International Day of the Seafarer, which is celebrated each year on June 25. The 2026 campaign is led by the IMO under the theme, "Carrying world trade. Carrying the risks," which highlights the vital role of mariners in global trade while underscoring the dangers they face in conflict zones and high-risk areas.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Earthquake Survivor in Venezuela: The scene was like a horror movie. We had to climb over the rubble and everything. The building superintendent with the baby and older neighbors coming down. But from that building, I only saw that one family got out.

[USGS Earthquakes @USGS_Quakes]

Notable quake, preliminary info: M 7.5 - 16 km SW of Morón, Venezuela https://t.co/abXtXq2euP

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

GOP warnings on Trump easing sanctions on Iran.

Tillis: “Maybe the President's just got more of a trusting vibe with these folks. I think they're stringing them along.”

Rounds: “If we take sanctions off of them (to get them to table), that puts us at a disadvantage long term.”

[Masoud Pezeshkian @drpezeshkian]

The effectiveness of the talks depends on full commitment to the agreed obligations and their precise implementation.Progress on this path will be measured by practical adherence to accepted responsibilities.Statements outside the agreed text do not help advance the negotiations.

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil, but progress on nuclear issues unclear. Here's the latest:

- 🛢 Temporary lift allows Iran to sell oil and receive payments
- ⚛️ Vance says Iran agreed to UN nuclear inspections, but Iran denies any new commitments
- 🗣️ Trump insists inspections will happen and warns military action still on the table
- 🚢 Iran agrees to set up a Hormuz hotline to avoid clashes as shipping traffic slowly increases (still below normal levels)
- 📉 Oil prices trending down (Brent crude hits its lowest level since March amid continued negotiations)
- 🤝 Technical talks continue this week

Follow the latest updates on the CNN live blog: https://t.co/M8ny4YrbR7

@CNNTheStoryIs

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@Elex_Michaelson Anchor of @CNNTheStoryIs w/

CNN Anchor and Correspondent @klustout

Iran, The Strait of Hormuz, lifting of oil sanctions and a Hormuz Hotline

6.23.26 1210 am ET

[U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau @USAinHKMacau]

In just two weeks, the United States will mark its 250th anniversary. Join the celebration by spotting our red, white, and blue tram across Hong Kong Island and our tram shelter in Causeway Bay. We look forward to sharing this historic milestone with Hong Kong. – CG Julie #CGJulieInHK #Freedom250

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil, but progress on nuclear issues unclear. Here's the latest:

- 🛢 Temporary lift allows Iran to sell oil and receive payments
- ⚛️ Vance says Iran agreed to UN nuclear inspections, but Iran denies any new commitments
- 🗣️ Trump insists inspections will happen and warns military action still on the table
- 🚢 Iran agrees to set up a Hormuz hotline to avoid clashes as shipping traffic slowly increases (still below normal levels)
- 📉 Oil prices trending down (Brent crude hits its lowest level since March amid continued negotiations)
- 🤝 Technical talks continue this week

Follow the latest updates on the CNN live blog: https://t.co/M8ny4YrbR7

@CNNTheStoryIs

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

Good to be back in L.A. for @CNNTheStoryIs from 12A-2A ET/9-11p PT. With me:

Politics: @briantylercohen & @Zigmanfreud
Iran: @klustout @BenjaminRadd
World Cup: @MaxBretosSports @seguntheprogram
Tech: @byjacobward

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

🚢 Ship captains say #Hormuz reopening will be a slow trickle, not a surge.

- ⚠️ Mine clearance is a major hurdle; unclear how many mines are in the water, and removing them could take weeks or months
- ❓Additional uncertainties - possible tolls? Will peace hold?
- 🚦 “It’s not just get up and go when the traffic light turns green,” says Capt. Samanth Baktavatsalam
- 📊 Huge backlog remains: 700+ ships (including 220 tankers) stranded in the Gulf
- 👩‍✈️ Around 20,000 seafarers impacted during the conflict
-🌍 A stranded tanker master Capt. Abhijit Chopra says: "It will definitely get back to normal... and the blockade of Hormuz will be behind us like the days of Covid”

And yet hope persists...

@CNNTheStoryIs @OmarJimenez

[Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo]

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has told its customers to resume loading its crude oil from ports within the Persian Gulf, the company said in a notice sent to customers seen by Bloomberg and corroborated by term lifters.

The United Arab Emirates state-owned producer said oil from its ports at Das and Zirku islands, which are located inside the Persian Gulf, has been available for loading since April 27. Failure to pick up the crude would constitute a breach of buyers’ lifting obligations, it added
#oott https://t.co/YSdXeSpbT4

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

🚢 Ship captains say #Hormuz reopening will be a slow trickle, not a surge.

- ⚠️ Mine clearance is a major hurdle; unclear how many mines are in the water, and removing them could take weeks or months
- ❓Additional uncertainties - possible tolls? Will peace hold?
- 🚦 “It’s not just get up and go when the traffic light turns green,” says Capt. Samanth Baktavatsalam
- 📊 Huge backlog remains: 700+ ships (including 220 tankers) stranded in the Gulf
- 👩‍✈️ Around 20,000 seafarers impacted during the conflict
-🌍 A stranded tanker master Capt. Abhijit Chopra says: "It will definitely get back to normal... and the blockade of Hormuz will be behind us like the days of Covid”

And yet hope persists...

@CNNTheStoryIs @OmarJimenez

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@klustout with the latest on the Strait of Hormuz
w/ @OmarJimenez

6.19.26