Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz drops to four vessels per day - Sarmad

Preliminary data from Kpler on Tuesday, September 15, showed that the number of ships that transited the strait on Monday was four, down from 10 the previous day.

According to shipping data, navigation in the Strait of Hormuz saw further declines at the beginning of this week, following escalating attacks in the Middle East.

Two dry bulk cargo vessels departed the waterway, one loaded and the other empty, while two oil tankers entered the strait, both sailing in ballast.

These figures do not include some ships that may have transited the strait with their Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders turned off to avoid detection.

Iran’s Fars News Agency reported yesterday, citing the Revolutionary Guard, that an oil tanker was hit by an explosion and caught fire after striking mines in the Strait of Hormuz, without specifying when the incident occurred.