Strait of Hormuz Shipments Drop 75% to Two Vessels

Maritime traffic in key straits plummets, with Hormuz seeing only two ships versus eight previously. Mandeb Strait activity also collapses to a single vessel.

Woofun AI data shows that maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait significantly decreased on Wednesday compared to the previous day. Kpler tracking data indicates that only two ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a decline from eight vessels the day before. Prior to the start of the war in Iran in February, daily traffic in this waterway averaged between 130 and 140 ships. In the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, only one cargo ship transited on Wednesday, a sharp drop from 20 ships recorded the previous day.