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Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data show
Kpler said only five commodity vessels crossed Saturday and none Sunday, far below 31 the previous weekend after attacks on tankers.
- Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz nearly ground to a standstill over the weekend, with Kpler data showing only five vessels transited Saturday and none on Sunday, versus 31 the prior weekend, following attacks on Abu Dhabi National Oil Company tankers.
- Before the war between the United States and Iran began in February, the waterway handled more than 130 ships a day, while the damaged oil tanker Caroline Bezengi remains off the coast of Oman following an incident on August 6.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on Saturday that Washington must meet Iran's conditions regarding the strait for shipping to resume, even as US-Iran talks to resolve the Middle East conflict remain stalled.
- At the Bab el-Mandeb strait, where Yemeni Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi Arabia on July 20, Kpler data showed 49 weekend transits by commodity vessels, down from 55 in the prior week.
- Ships entering the strait on Saturday included an empty Crude Carrier with its Automatic Identification System switched off and an Indian-flagged Very Large Gas Carrier that navigated the Iranian route.
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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at the start of the week following attacks on oil tankers, as talks between the United States and Iran aimed at resolving the conflict in the Middle East stalled.
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