Hormuz traffic dips to lowest since May

An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz per day over the past 10 days, the lowest since ​May after U.S. and Iranian ‌strikes on tankers, according to shipping data on Monday, Reuters reported.

"The 10-day moving average was 10 on Sunday, down from more than 15 on Friday and nearly 13 on Saturday," data from analytics firm Kpler found.

Only two ​vessels passed through the strait on Saturday while six went through on ​Sunday, mostly using the Iranian route.

U.S. forces struck three Iranian ⁠oil tankers on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said, including one off Kharg Island, Iran's ​key oil export hub, following attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on U.S. ​warships in the region.

In retaliation, the IRGC navy said on Saturday it targeted three oil tankers travelling unauthorized routes in the strait as well as three additional U.S. vessels in other areas.

There have been 27 projectile strike incidents since July 6, resulting in damage to vessels operating in ​and around the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime ​Trade Operations (UKMTO) ⁠said in its weekly report.