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The US–Iran ceasefire is 48 hours old and the Strait of Hormuz remains functionally closed. Only seven tankers transited Thursday, per Kpler, against a pre-war average of 120–140 daily. More than 600 vessels – 325 of them tankers – sit stranded in the Gulf, per Lloyd'…