Inbound vessels drive pickup in Hormuz traffic after Sunday lull

Published June 30, 2026 Updated June 30, 2026 10:02pm

Strait of Hormuz traffic picked up on Monday, largely driven by vessels entering the Gulf, after a weekend lull as the United States and Iran traded strikes, AFP reports citing maritime tracking data.

Nineteen commodities vessels entered the Gulf on Monday, matching the number of entries by such ships recorded last Wednesday, when total crossings reached a wartime high of 70, Kpler data shows.

Of the ships entering since Monday, at least nine were supertankers, which had mostly avoided entering over the weekend.

Monday’s total of 40 transits in both directions is in line with last week’s wartime record number of crossings. However, these numbers are still far below peacetime traffic when around 120 ships crossed the strait each day.

Just 15 commodity vessels crossed on Sunday.

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