{
  "id": 4529323,
  "title": "Hormuz Strait traffic drops to five vessels crossing per day over weekend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hormuz-strait-traffic-drops-to-five-vessels-crossing-per-day-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T00:02:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hormuz-strait-traffic-drops-five-vessels-crossing-day-over-weekend"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hormuz Strait traffic drops to five vessels crossing per day over weekend The number of commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz dropped to five per day over the weekend, shipping data showed. The real figures remain unclear as some vessels switch off their automatic identification system in order to evade attacks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}