{"id":6323,"date":"2026-03-06T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/6323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:17:08","slug":"daily-ship-traffic-in-strait-of-hormuz-plummets-from-138-to-just-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/6323\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Ship Traffic in Strait of Hormuz Plummets From 138 to Just 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> has dropped from an average of 138 ships a day to just two in the 24 hours to Thursday, the Joint Maritime Information Center has reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The center noted that neither of the two vessels that passed the strait were tankers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents a near-total temporary pause in routine commercial traffic, resulting from ongoing regional conflict dynamics involving Iran, including warnings against transits by U.S., Israeli, European, and allied vessels,\u201d the JMIC noted in its report.<\/p>\n

The agency has estimated the regional maritime risk environment as critical, extending this assessment over the next 48 hours, \u201cwith no confirmed indicators of de-escalation.\u201d Noting that there has been no formal declaration for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the environment is fraught with so many threats, traffic has slowed to a trickle.<\/p>\n

While there has been a debate among observers of the war in the Middle East whether it would be accurate to call the Strait of Hormuz closed or not, the fact remains that ship traffic has been severely disrupted. Of course, the disruption has been especially palpable in oil and gas traffic, as the strait handles about a fifth of global oil trade.<\/p>\n

Related: Magnet Wars: How the U.S. Plans to Break China\u2019s Grip on Rare Earths<\/a><\/p>\n

There are several dozen tankers stranded<\/a> near Hormuz, some have become the target of attacks, and insurers have pulled war insurance, contributing to the paralysis of energy trade in the world\u2019s biggest oil-producing region. Announcements by the U.S. president that the federal government would step in to provide insurance coverage have yet to have an effect.<\/p>\n

President Trump also said the U.S. Navy would escort tankers in the strait earlier this week but soon after took it back<\/a>, after the Navy itself said there was \u201cno chance\u201d of such escorts, per a Lloyd\u2019s List report.<\/p>\n

The situation prompted the U.S. to grant a sanction waiver on Indian buyers of crude, so they could absorb some Russian crude sitting on tankers in the waters of the coast of Asia.<\/p>\n

By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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