Data show shipping in Strait of Hormuz remains subdued

At least seven ships – mainly dry bulk vessels – transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, shipping data cited by Reuters news agency shows. That’s in line with muted activity in recent days, while talks between Iran and the United States have stalled. They included ships from Iraqi ports and one dry bulk vessel from an Iranian port, according to ship tracking data from Kpler, and separate satellite analysis from data analytics specialists, SynMax. Traffic through the crucial ‌waterway at the entrance to the Gulf is at a fraction of the 140 daily passages on average before the Iran war began on February 28.