LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – At least seven ships – mainly dry bulk ships – have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, in line with the calm of recent days, shipping data showed on Monday, as talks between Iran and the United States broke down.
The vessels included ships departing from Iraqi ports and a dry cargo ship from an Iranian port, according to ship tracking data from Kpler and separate satellite analysis from data analytics experts SynMax.
Maritime traffic passing through the crucial waterway at the entrance to the Persian Gulf during a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran represents a fraction of the average of 140 daily passages before the start of the US and Israeli war against Iran on February 28.
US Central Command has redirected 37 vessels since a blockade was imposed on Iran on April 13, the US military reported on April 25.
Six Iranian tankers have returned to Iranian ports and sailed back through Hormuz in recent days with about 10.5 million barrels of oil, according to satellite analysis from TankerTrackers.com.
About four million barrels of Iranian oil aboard tankers crossed the U.S. blockade on April 24, according to a separate satellite analysis by TankerTrackers.com.
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