Strait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Remains Below 10-Day Average: Data
Preliminary Kpler data shows vessel movements through Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb remain below their respective 10-day averages.
US, Sep 23 : Three commodity vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from four recorded a day earlier and significantly below the 10-day moving average of around 15 ships, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.
The figures, tracked by shipmonitoring firm Kpler, could be revised as vessels sometimes turn off their transponders while navigating the strategic waterway.
At 0200 GMT, all three ships were recorded leaving the strait. They included a Panamax tanker, according to Kpler’s data.
A ballast liquefied natural gas tanker, Al Mafyar, was also detected inside the waterway on Tuesday after last being recorded outside the strait on September 19, data from Kpler and LSEG showed.
The Strait of Hormuz is a major global energy corridor and previously handled about one-fifth of worldwide oil and gas flows before the US-Iran conflict disrupted maritime activity.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened severe action against Iran if an agreement to end the conflict was not reached, while also indicating that a deal could be possible amid diplomatic efforts at the United Nations.
Traffic was also below recent levels at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, another key maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Kpler data showed 22 commodity vessels crossed Bab el-Mandeb on Tuesday, with 14 travelling towards the Red Sea and eight heading towards the Gulf of Aden.
The vessels included five Panamax tankers, six Supramax vessels, four Aframax tankers, one Suezmax tanker and one very large crude carrier.
Tuesday’s traffic was below the 10-day average of approximately 26 vessels, highlighting continued subdued shipping activity at both strategic waterways.
