Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped sharply, with ship-tracking data showing only seven vessels transited the vital waterway in the past 24 hours, compared with the usual 125 to 140 ships a day before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.
Six tankers carrying Iranian oil were forced back to Iran in recent days under the U.S. blockade, according to ship-tracking data and satellite analysis. The vessels were carrying an estimated 10.5 million barrels of oil.
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint that normally handles about 20% of the world’s daily oil and LNG supply, has seen activity remain severely restricted as tensions continue and talks between Tehran and Washington remain stalled nearly two months into the war.
Data from Kpler and SynMax showed that none of the seven vessels crossing the strait in the past day were carrying oil bound for the global market.
The ships included the Iranian-flagged dry
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