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 ...
On August 16, the Strait of Hormuz experienced a record low of one ship crossing, down from eight ships the previous day, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea. The only vessel to pass through Hormuz that day was the MR tanker Lubna, which was recently acquired by Saudi Arabia’s National Chemical Carriers. The Lubna was heading inbound from the Gulf of Oman and was last seen off Musandam, Oman, on August 17, bound for Mina Saqr in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
Bab al-Mandab traffic also decreased, with 37 ships crossing compared to 40 ships the same period earlier. Among the vessels were the Pakistani Aframax tanker Mardan, which moved southbound through the strait after loading Saudi crude from Yanbu two days prior, and the VLCC He Ping Hai, which traveled northbound potentially on its way to load Saudi crude.
The US Navy-backed Joint Maritime Information Center reported three ship attacks in the Hormuz area within the past 72 hours as of August 16. The UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributed one of these attacks to a "hostile Iranian attack" on an ADNOC-affiliated ship while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. This incident followed two other ADNOC-affiliated ship attacks on August 14 and one on August 8, according to the foreign ministry.
In total, 37 ships crossed the US naval blockade line on August 16 and 53 ships on August 15, as reported by S&P Global Commodities at Sea.
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