Around 60 vessels a day are once again passing through the Strait of Hormuz
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About 60 cargo vessels a day are now passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a notable recovery after traffic collapsed amid the military conflict, though numbers remain far below pre-war levels.
The strait has become one of the key flashpoints in the war that broke out in late February with US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Fighting in the region caused shipping through the route to plunge, triggering fluctuations in global oil and gas prices.
A sharp drop followed by gradual recovery
In early September, an average of just 14 ships a day were passing through the strait. Over the weekend of September 12–13, traffic fell even further, to just four vessels over both days combined — the lowest figure recorded since the conflict began.
By comparison, before the war this strategically vital shipping route saw between 130 and 140 cargo vessels pass through daily, carrying roughly a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas supplies.
Source: novinky.cz
