Tanker traffic slows in Strait of Hormuz after US and Iran clashes
Only a handful of cargo ships crossed as transponders went dark and electronic interference returned, ship-tracking data showed.
- Traffic in Hormuz ground to a near standstill on Thursday after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran for a second straight day, threatening the fragile truce between the two sides.
- With three attacks on oil and gas tankers this week, President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran over, escalating tensions after the interim peace deal collapsed.
- Kpler data shows only 20 commodity carriers crossed on Wednesday, marking one of the thinnest traffic flows since the interim deal in mid-June compared to an average of 34 daily transits.
- Sporadic Electronic interference returned early Thursday, with vessels traveling at unusually fast speeds of at least 30 knots, possibly from defense systems aimed at obstructing hostile forces' "drones from attacking their infrastructure, which can affect ships."
- An India-flagged supertanker reappeared in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday after crossing in darkness, while a United Arab Emirates-linked carrier resurfaced off Fujairah, vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.
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