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Commodity ship transits in Strait of Hormuz hit lowest level since start of war
Vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz
Commodity ship traffic – the transportation of raw materials and bulk goods – through the Strait of Hormuz fell this week to its lowest level since the beginning of the war despite a brief US attempt to reopen the strategic waterway, new data reveals.
Marine analytics firm Kpler, which tracks only commodity-carrying vessels, recorded just one transit on Monday and none on Tuesday, the fewest seen since the start of the war triggered by a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.
Around 120 vessels transit the strait daily in peacetime, according to maritime news outlet Lloyd’s List.
Before the war, the strait handled roughly one-fifth of global oil supplies, alongside other key commodities.
But traffic has been hammered by Iran’s chokehold on the strait – which was imposed at the start of the war and has allowed only limited passage – as well as a retaliatory US blockade of Iranian ports.
