Traffic in Strait of Hormuz ‘holds steady’

Published July 2, 2026 Updated July 2, 2026 08:54am

Kpler, a data and analytics firm, says traffic in the Strait of Hormuz held “steady” on Tuesday, July 1, “with 34 verified crossings recorded and traffic evenly split by direction,” Al Jazeera reports.

The report followed data from another maritime tracker, WindWard AI, which recorded 42 transits in the waterway on Monday.

Both figures mark a drop from last week, particularly on June 24, when 70 transits were recorded, the highest since the US-Israel war on Iran began. Traffic fell after the US and Iran exchanged tit-for-tat attacks over the weekend over a dispute on the waterway’s management.

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