Hormuz Commercial Transits Drop to 5 Ships, Rebounding to 6 Saturday

5 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 16

Five commercial ships were observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz in both directions on Friday, down from 11 a day earlier, according to Bloomberg vessel-tracking data.
Six ships were seen moving through the waterway by Saturday morning, indicating only a modest recovery after the sharp one-day drop in visible traffic.
A Suezmax tanker identified as carrying Iraqi crude appears to have crossed the strait in recent days and is now nearing India, showing some oil cargoes are still moving through the route.
The figures track observable commercial movements through one of the world's most important oil chokepoints, where even small changes in traffic are closely watched.

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