Strait of Hormuz traffic hits record low of one ship on Aug. 16
Only one ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 16, down from eight ships on Aug. 15 and marking a record low, while Bab al-Mandab traffic slipped to 37 ships from 40 ships over the same period, S&P Global Commodities at Sea said in an Aug. 17 report. The sole ship to cross Hormuz ...
The Strait of Hormuz witnessed a record low traffic of only one ship on August 16, down from eight ships the previous day, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea. The sole vessel to pass through the strait on August 16 was the MR tanker Lubna, which was recently acquired by Saudi Arabia’s National Chemical Carriers. The Lubna moved inbound from the Gulf of Oman without visible signals and was last observed off Musandam, Oman, on August 17 with an intended destination of Mina Saqr in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
The US Navy-backed Joint Maritime Information Center reported three ship attacks in the Hormuz area over the past 72 hours as of August 16. The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that a "hostile Iranian attack" targeted an ADNOC-affiliated ship while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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