Vessel traffic in Hormuz remains reduced this Friday (10)

Commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at very low levels this Friday (10), according to data from open sources and a US official.

At least 15 commercial ships have transited the waterway in the past 24 hours, according to data from MarineTraffic, amid an exchange of attacks between the US and Iran.

The American authority confirmed the low volume of crossings, reporting that more than 20 ships passed through the Strait on Thursday (9).

Of the 15 ships identified in open source data, 11 entered the Persian Gulf - six cargo ships and five tankers. Another four cargo ships crossed the Strait towards the Gulf of Oman.

These numbers are in line with the reduced vessel traffic observed in recent weeks, which had briefly increased during negotiations between the US and Iran.

Before the conflict, an average of around 110 ships passed through the Strait daily.

Despite these signs, CENTCOM (US Central Command) maintains that the Strait remains "open" to vessel traffic.

The region has also been facing cases of GPS spoofing for months - a form of navigation interference that causes positions transmitted by ships to appear in incorrect locations. There is no evidence that the crossings of these ships have suffered this type of interference.

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Source: CNN