Ship Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Falls to Single Digits as U.S. and Iran Resume Attacks

Overview

• Renewed exchanges of strikes between U.S. forces and Iranian targets have sharply reduced commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz to just a few vessels per day, according to shipping data.
• Data suppliers reported single-digit daily passages with one account noting only three commodity vessels crossing in a 24-hour period and another reporting eight transits on a recent day.
• U.S. Central Command said American forces conducted a five-hour operation striking coastal and maritime sites in multiple Iranian ports after Iran's cruise-missile attacks hit commercial tankers in Omani waters.
• The International Maritime Organization has documented dozens of shipping incidents and multiple seafarer deaths while insurers and operators reroute or halt voyages and concentrate remaining traffic on riskier Iranian routes.
• The Strait normally carries about one-fifth of global crude and gas flows so the bottleneck is already tightening supplies, pushing energy prices higher and raising the risk of broader market shortages and longer shipping delays.