Fewer than 20 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, shipping data showed, as Iranian and US blockades restrict traffic through the chokepoint for energy shipments, Reuters reports.
Four vessels crossed the strait on Sunday, initial data from shiptracker Kpler showed by 0228 GMT, with 13 on Saturday. The figures could change as some ships had switched off transponders on their way through.
That compared with Friday’s figure of 16 transits, with two empty very large crude carriers entering the Gulf with the tracking devices switched off, one heading to Iraq and the other to Bahrain, the data showed.
