12 minutes agoFew ships are risking passage through Hormuz in the wake of US-Iran attacks
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(an hour ago)Amid escalation of conflict between the United States and Iran for control of the Strait of Hormuz, navigation along this vital waterway remains very limited.
Only 13 commercial ships were registered, passing through the Strait on Wednesday, according to data by marine intelligence analysts at Kpler, CNN writes.
Eight ships went out of the Persian Gulf, and five entered into it.
Just one ship for carrying dry cargo that was entering the Gjir éra was reportedly using the southern route off the coast of Oman, which the US Army promoted as a safer crossing.
Most of the ships they passed Wednesday used a route near the Iranian coast, according to Kpler. On Thursday, the MarineTraff page showed two oil tankers emerging from the Gulf near Iran and another sailing off the coast of Oman.
The volume of navigation is about one tenth of the average before the war, although some ships are passing by without transponsions showing their whereabouts.
Iran has repeatedly warned that all ships need its permission to use this waterway. A military spokesman said on Thursday that implementing Iranian rules is the only way to reopen the Strait, which Iran declared closed with the beginning of the recent wave of American attacks.
In the wake of attacks on several ships near Straits over the past week, American forces said Thursday they had again hit Iran's rocket and fearful capabilities, as well as coastal surveillance facilities, “to further weaken Iran's ability to threaten innocent sailors serving on commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz”.
