Day 12 of 25: Three Ships Fired on in Strait

By Mark Davidson on March 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

(11 March 2026) It is now 11 pm MST March 11, or, 6 AM GMT, March 12.

We are watching, if the Signpost theory is true, the beginning of the Second Signpost, which would have begun March 2.

To keep the price of oil from rising, various nations of the world including the US are releasing 400m barrels of oil from their inventories. This is about one-third of all worldwide oil inventories sitting in storage. In my opinion this is foolish because they are trading oil today for a lower price that may be impossible to get at any price in the future so they can try to feed their nations in the future.

The nations are undoubtedly releasing this oil because they believe the US can get the oil flowing again through the Strait of Hormuz.

However, the price of WTI which was steady in the $80’s due to the inventory release, has climbed from the 80’s back to $95, undoubtedly due to the three ships attacked in the Strait of Hormuz today.

Newsmax reports that all three vessels hit were cargo ships.

Thai cargo ship Mayuree Naree is one of three ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026.

In other news, it is reported that Iran is laying mines in the Strait.

Iran Can Make This Oil Shortage Go Fast or Slow

It seems to me that this slow choking of the world in regards to oil could go quickly or slowly. If the oil being stopped is 20m barrels per day, but the there is an inventory of 1,200m barrels, it will take 60 days for the lack of oil through the Strait to make nations cut back oil consumption, and prices in the hundreds f dollars per barrel would accompany this. So it could be mid-May before we see panic conditions. And of course the regime would have to keep hitting vessels that tried to transit the Strait for that long.

Or, it could go quickly. All Iran has to do is hit all the key facilities with their most powerful missiles, and the world would instantly see that there wasn’t any more oil coming, and panic would ensue much more quickly.

If the time is very short or very long, the 25 days I’ve been using as a yardstick might be useless. We will see.

Conclusion

The Strait of Hormuz continues to be blocked. The panic over either loss of the excess oil, or the potential to lose the Mideast’s oil production could cause panic conditions quickly or slowly. Either way, if the Signpost theory is true, the second horseman has been given his sword and even now he is starting to take away peace of mind from the earth.

Keep watching.