The new route around Hormuz involves a massive convoy of trucks

Convoys of heavy-duty trucks barreling across the Arabian desert have become an escape valve for the global economy.

In a mechanized revival of the caravans of goods-laden camels that once sustained Arabian commerce, highways, railroads and ports in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman have been transformed into an emergency logistics lifeline, circumventing the Strait of Hormuz waterway.

After the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, Bob Wilt, CEO of Saudi Arabian state-controlled mining company Maaden, dispatched executives to Red Sea ports and, within two weeks, lined up rail and truck operators to move fertilizer across the kingdom.

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