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Commodity Vessel Transits Through Strait of Hormuz Hit Three-Month Low, Data Shows
Only one commodity vessel transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, marking the lowest number since May 7 according to preliminary shipping data.
This number was well below the 10-day average of 14 vessels, with one very large gas carrier and one very large crude carrier passing from the Gulf of Oman, according to Shiptracker Kpler.
Iran has blacklisted 45 tankers for violating passage rules in the Strait of Hormuz and has threatened action against vessels involved in ship-to-ship transfers, increasing pressure on the waterway amid the Iran war.
Shipping data showed that only two cargo ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, both entering the Gulf, the lowest daily number recorded since the beginning of May...
The number of ships in the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to the lowest single day since early May. On Monday, only two ships sailed through the important strait, figures from data service Kpler showed on Tuesday.