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Initial shipping data on Wednesday showed that the number of ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz remained below ten, reaching four on Tuesday, a decrease from seven the previous day, which is much lower than the ten-day average of 18 ships.
The decline in traffic through the strait, which handled five of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies before the Iran war, comes amid escalating attacks in the region.
The data showed that this total included two ships leaving the strait and two entering it.
None of these ships were crude oil tankers or liquefied natural gas carriers.
Some ships may sail through the waterway with their identification and location receivers turned off, and thus do not fall within the scope of this statistic.
An extremely large gas tanker named (Sallyut) left loaded with approximately 470,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas via the Iranian route, while a (Panamax) tanker named Nautilus left with approximately 510,000 barrels of naphtha via an unknown and unmonitored route.
The two ships that entered the area were loaded with cargo; one was a tanker of "dirty" oil products, such as crude oil or heavy fuel, for short voyages, and the other was a dry bulk carrier, both of which entered via the Iranian route.
Meanwhile, the number of ships sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait reached 22, a number that did not change significantly on Tuesday from the previous day, which recorded 24 ships.
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