Four vessels transited Hormuz Strait on Tuesday, data shows

Initial shipping data released Wednesday showed just four vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from seven on Monday and significantly below the 10-day average of 18 ships.

This decline follows escalating attacks in the region and comes as traffic through the strait—once handling five global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply routes—has contracted.

The total of four comprised two vessels exiting the strait and two entering it.

None of the four were very large crude carriers (VLCCs) or LNG carriers.

Some vessels may navigate the waterway with their automatic identification system (AIS) transceivers switched off, meaning they are not captured in this count.

A very large gas carrier named *Salyut*, loaded with approximately 470,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), departed via the Iranian route. Separately, a Panamax tanker named *Nautilus*, carrying around 510,000 barrels of naphtha, sailed through an unmonitored and unidentified route.

The two inbound vessels were cargo-carrying ships: one was a “dirty” petroleum products tanker—designed for short-haul voyages and carrying commodities such as crude oil or heavy fuel oil—and the other was a dry bulk carrier. Both entered via the Iranian route.

Meanwhile, 22 vessels passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, unchanged from the previous day’s tally of 24.