Key facts
- Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to eight on Thursday.
- This marks a three-week low for traffic in the strait.
- Seven of the eight vessels used the Iranian shipping lane.
- No vessels were recorded using the Omani route.
- Half of the transiting vessels were Iranian-flagged.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz decreased to a three-week low of eight vessels on Thursday, down from 15 the previous day, according to ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic. The platform reported on X that seven of the eight transits utilized the Iranian shipping lane, with no vessels crossing via the Omani route and no shadow fleet movements recorded. Traffic was evenly split between commercial and non-commercial vessels, and half of all crossings were by Iranian-flagged ships.