Only Five Ships Pass Through Hormuz in 24 Hours

Only five ships, including one Iranian oil products tanker, have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, Friday shipping data showed, after Iran seized two container ships ​this week and the U.S. continues to blockade Iranian ports.

Shipping traffic passing through the crucial ‌waterway at the entrance to the Gulf during an uneasy ceasefire between Washington and Tehran represents a fraction of the average 140 daily passages before the Iran war began on February



28.

"For most shipping companies, they will need a stable ceasefire and ​assurances from both sides of the conflict that the Strait of Hormuz is safe to transit," ​said Jakob Larsen, chief safety and security officer at shipping association BIMCO. 

"In the meantime, shipping ⁠will be restricted to using routes close to Iran and Oman. Due to their confined nature, these ​routes cannot safely accommodate the normal volumes of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz," Larsen added.