Sleep Number blamed its bankruptcy, in part, on “the unpredictable shifting of trade rules imposed by the current U.S. government, on top of an already vulnerable global supply chain."
Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said there are indications that flows through the strait are probably not as high as the energy secretary said.
The practice first emerged in the U.S. as technology companies rushed to secure generation capacity for energy-hungry data centers, and has since spread to Europe and the Middle East.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in early March has driven Asian buyers to look for alternative sources to replace disrupted Persian Gulf barrels.
The Trump administration is pushing to bring about political and economic reforms to the island via a combination of sanctions, cutting off its access to energy supplies.
The bridge, named after the late Canadian hockey player who starred for the Detroit Red Wings, was built to reduce shipping congestion in a region that lives on trade.
The tankers boom, and the potential for it to seed the next downturn, was a constant talking point at the industry’s biennial Posidonia gathering in Athens, June 1-5.