Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 10, 2026.
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Shipping traffic through the
Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day
average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading
hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.
Four commodity vessels, including two empty oil product tankers, entered the waterway, data from Kpler showed on Tuesday as of 0420 GMT. Two vessels — a small tanker laden with liquefied petroleum gas and another carrying residual fuels — exited the Strait, the data showed.
In pre-war days, about 130 to 140 ships typically transited the
strait.
On Monday, 25 vessels transited the Bab el-Mandeb strait on
the Red Sea, broadly unchanged when compared with the 10-day
average of nearly 24 ships, Kpler data showed.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran’s
conditions for a peace deal by laying out his own demands that
Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and
protests.
The proposal was a response to Tehran’s demands for
compensation and an end to sanctions. The Iranian demands were
largely in line with the terms of a preliminary peace deal
signed in June, which has since broken down.
Since the war began in February, Trump has repeatedly swung
between threats of escalation and assertions that a peace deal
is close.
Published on August 11, 2026
