Strait of Hormuz commodity vessel transits stay in single digits, data shows

The ​number of ​vessels sailing through ‌the Strait ​of Hormuz was little changed on Monday ‌compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary ship-tracking data showed on ‌Tuesday, below 10-day average of around ‌14. Four of those vessels entered the strait and one exited, data from Kpler showed.

Vessels ⁠that ​sail ⁠through the strait with their transponders turned off ⁠are not included in the ​count. No liquid tankers were among those ⁠sailing through the waterway on Monday, the ⁠data ​showed.

Of those that entered, one was an empty handy-sized ⁠gas tanker which reached the via the Iranian ⁠route. ⁠The other three were laden dry bulk carriers.