17 merchant ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday

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Some of these ships may have been trying to get out of the Gulf before the U.S. re-establish the blockade of Iranian posts at 11:30 local time.

Transit through the strait had grown after the removal of the previous American blockade and the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. But the crossings were again blocked in the last few days since the attacks resumed. /Periscope/