Shipping traffic falls through Strait of Hormuz
Shipping transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six vessels on Monday, versus a 10-day average of about 11, according to Kpler data, with four commodity vessels entering (including two empty oil product tankers) and two vessels exiting (a small LPG tanker and one carrying residual fuels). By contrast, pre-war passage typically reached about 130 to 140 ships. Meanwhile, 25 vessels transited the Bab el-Mandeb strait, near its 10-day average. The decline in Hormuz traffic comes as hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal fade and U.S. demands on Iran for compensation complicate negotiations, raising risks for key energy and trade routes.
Strait of Hormuz transits fell to six vessels on Monday.
Context
The war began in February and a preliminary peace deal signed in June has since broken down. U.S. and Iran negotiations have stalled as the U.S. set new compensation demands. Transit levels could stay low if talks do not revive.
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