Hormuz traffic drops after Saturday walkout on vessel
Published on June 29, 2026
Make us preferred on Google A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam territory, April 12, 2026. — Reuters Strait of Hormuz
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Hormuz traffic drops after Saturday walkout on vessel
Make us preferred on Google A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam territory, April 12, 2026. — Reuters Strait of Hormuz traffic slowed over the weekend after a vessel was struck while transiting the waterway on Saturday, and a fresh exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran strained their preliminary pact to end the dispute.
In total, 29 commodity vessels crossed on Saturday and 12 transited on Sunday, according to figures from the maritime tracking firm Kpler.
Sunday's figures marked a sharp drop from last week, when a memorandum of understanding signed by Tehran and Washington on June 15 boosted traffic through the strait to its highest level since the start of the Middle East conflict, reaching 70 crossings on Wednesday, according to Kpler.
Despite Iran's warning against using unapproved shipping lanes, vessels continued to take several routes through the waterway over the weekend.
After a vessel was struck while transiting the strait on Saturday morning, ships continued for several hours to use a southern corridor through Omani waters before traffic appeared to slow, according to the Kpler-owned website MarineTraffic.
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