RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 15 sourcesDonald Trump has claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is “sort of open”, after ship-tracking data showed traffic through the waterway had declined this week.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to 33 vessels from Monday to Thursday this week, compared to 50 in the same period one week ago, according to Kpler.
Four vessels, including a very large crude carrier, Nissos Kea, carrying about 2 million barrels of Basrah crude loaded in Iraq, transited the strait on Thursday.
Of the rest, two were laden with liquefied petroleum gas and one was a minor bulk carrier.
Just six crude oil tankers have exited the strait this week, Kpler data showed. A total of 21 vessels have entered it so far, mostly via the Iranian route.
Before the war began, around 130 to 140 ships would typically transit the strait before Iran closed the vital waterway.
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