Ships passing through Hormuz hover in single digits, data shows

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Seven commodity ships sailed along the Strait of Hormuz on ​Thursday, just half the previous day's tally, showed ‌data from shiptracker Kpler, amid concern over risk to Middle East shipping as U.S.-Iran peace talks remain in limbo. Of the total, ​four ships entered and three exited the waterway, ​which was used by nearly a fifth of ⁠global shipments of crude oil and liquefied natural ​gas before war began in February. Sign up here. The seven did not include ​any very large crude carriers or liquefied natural gas tankers. However, one very large gas carrier - carrying propane and butane - did transit ​out of Hormuz via the Iranian route, the data ​showed. Separately, at the Bab el-Mandeb strait, traffic slowed slightly on Thursday ‌compared ⁠with the previous two days. Commodity ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb totalled 23, compared with 34 on each of the previous two days, Kpler data showed, of which ​16 ships entered ​and seven ⁠exited. Out of the seven exits, two were Suezmax tankers - the Stoic Warrior and the ​Dokos - carrying crude oil bound for Vietnam ​and ⁠India respectively, the data showed. No very large crude carriers or liquefied natural gas tankers passed through the Bab el-Mandeb ⁠strait ​on Thursday. Vessels that sail through the ​waterways with transponders turned off do not feature in the data. Reporting ​by Trixie Yap; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East LNG Gas X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights