Strait of Hormuz commodity vessel transits stay in single digits, data shows

The number ​of vessels sailing ​through the Strait of Hormuz was little changed on Monday compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary ship-tracking data showed on Tuesday, below the 10-day average of around ⁠14.
Four of the vessels entered the strait ⁠and one exited, data from Kpler showed.
Vessels that sail through the strait with their transponders turned off are ‌not included in the count.
No ​liquid tankers ⁠were among those sailing through the waterway ​on Monday, the data ‌showed.
Of those that entered, one was an empty handy-sized ​gas tanker which reached the strait via the Iranian route. The other three were laden dry bulk carriers.
On Tuesday, a Saudi oil tanker was stopped while ‌transiting through the southern corridor of the Strait ​of Hormuz, according to Iranian media reports.
Meanwhile, at the ​other ‌chokepoint, ⁠the Bab-el Mandeb strait, the number of vessels transiting was at a three-day high of 27, ​Kpler data showed, with 14 ⁠entering and ​13 exiting.
Five of the 27 vessel transits were either Aframax- or Suezmax-sized crude tankers, according to the data.
None of the vessels that ​entered or exited were very large crude ​carriers or liquefied natural gas tankers.