INTERTANKO: Hormuz Tanker Transits Via Southern Route Fall to Single Digits After Renewed Fighting

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply following the latest exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran, according to tanker owners’ association INTERTANKO.

In guidance issued to members on Friday, INTERTANKO said vessel transits along the southern route off Oman’s coast had dropped into the single digits after renewed attacks on commercial shipping on July 7 and subsequent U.S. retaliatory strikes.

Traffic along the northern route near Iran remained above 20 vessels but was still well below the more than 70 daily transits recorded following the June ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran.