Hormuz transits fall to 16 ships on Aug. 11 as US Navy fires on Iran-bound container ship
The number of ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz fell to 16 on Aug. 11 when US Central Command said the US Navy had attacked a container ship, with the UK Maritime Trade Operations noting an incident between a container ship and military forces in the Gulf of Oman, S&P Global Commodities at Sea ...
On August 11, the total number of vessels traversing the Strait of Hormuz dwindled to 16, according to US Central Command. This figure marked a decline from 17 ships reported the previous day, while 36 vessels entered the Bab al-Mandab Strait leading into the Red Sea, a decrease from 40 vessels a day earlier, as reported by S&P Global Commodities at Sea.
The incident occurred when a US Navy MH-60 helicopter launched two Hellfire missiles at the Panama-flagged Vela Nova container ship, which was en route to Iran in defiance of the US blockade against Iranian ports. The ship had embarked from Jawaharlal Nehru Port in India on August 6 and was last observed displaying a "not under command" status.
The Vela Nova's ship manager, Golden Valley Marine Investment, based in China, declined to comment on the matter after business hours. US forces have redirected 55 commercial ships attempting to navigate the blockade since its inception in mid-July, disabling three others and boarding two ships, as reported by CENTCOM. The Hormuz traffic on August 11 included the VLCC Vadin, heading out of the Gulf into Hormuz after unloading Al Rayyan crude from Qatar on August 10, and the LR1 tanker Mezaira'a, which departed the Gulf after loading refined products at Sharjah, UAE. Additionally, ADNOC's MR tanker New Future crossed into the Gulf bound for Khor Al Zubair, Iraq.
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