Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, little changed from a day earlier but well below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data shows.
Two tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas and one tanker carrying bitumen exited the Gulf via the strait, while two empty product tankers entered the waterway from the Gulf of Oman, initial data from shipping tracker Kpler showed early this morning. On Monday, four commodity vessels transited the waterway, the data shows.
The figures could change as some ships typically switch off their location transponders during the voyage.
Transits through the Bab el-Mandeb into the Red Sea, another major maritime chokepoint in the Middle East, are also roughly little changed at 31 commodity vessels versus 29 the day before, Kpler data shows, but in line with the 10-day average.
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