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Number of Vessels Passing Through the Strait of Hormuz Decreases Amid Incidents
BBC · 2 weeks ago · Read the Full Story on BBC
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The number of vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped significantly following an explosion on a tanker, amid differing security stances from Iran and the United States.
- Only four cargo and oil vessels were recorded passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
- Maritime tracking organization Kpler reported that 10 ships passed through the strait on Sunday.
- US Energy Secretary Chris Wright previously stated that the weekly average of US Navy-escorted oil tankers in the strait had increased.
- Reuters reported that two ships passed through the strait on Monday, including one carrying cargo, while two oil tankers entered the strait on the same day.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that a large oil tanker named 'Algaya' was damaged by an explosion in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Efforts to extinguish the fire on the 'Algaya' tanker were unsuccessful.
- Iran has declared travel through the southern route illegal and dangerous, whereas the United States maintains it will provide protection for the shipping lane.
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