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8 Oct 2026, 12:26

Reuters reported on Thursday, October 8, that the number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to its lowest level in over two months following an increase in attacks on oil tankers last week.

According to data and analysis from the analytics firm Kpler, only 7 commercial vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the lowest number since the beginning of August. The flow of crude oil through this strait also decreased by 27% compared to the peak level during the war last week, reaching at least 10.1 million barrels per day, which is equivalent to 74% of the pre-war level.

Kpler analysts stated that a significant portion of this decline is related to the transfer of cargo from ship to ship in the Sea of Oman.

However, according to Reuters, exports from the coasts of the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea increased to 6.7 million barrels per day, more than double the pre-war level, which helped compensate for the reduction in supply through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kpler data shows that the number of passing ships increased to 10 on Wednesday, but it is still much lower than the over 20 vessels on Sunday and Monday.

This report comes after attacks on oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz reached the highest weekly level since the start of the Iran war last week. Before the war began on February 28 of last year, about 125 large commercial ships, including oil tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers, and container ships, passed through the Strait of Hormuz daily.

At the same time, Donald Trump, the President of the United States, shared a chart on the social media platform Truth Social on Thursday, indicating that the level of oil traffic from the Strait of Hormuz has returned to pre-war levels between the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
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