Hormuz shipping traffic remains below 10-day average at weekend, data shows

Commodity vessel ⁠transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a single digit ​per day at the ​weekend, preliminary shiptracking data showed on Monday, well below a 10-day average of 14.
Over the weekend, four vessels exited the Gulf through the strait, including a Handysize vessel sailing in ballast, a Handy vessel carrying LPG, a Supramax ⁠carrying fertilizer and a Suezmax laden with crude or condensate.
Ten vessels ⁠entered the Gulf, including a mini-bulker carrying minor bulk commodities, a Handymax carrying grain, a Panamax carrying metals and a Supramax carrying dry bulk ‌cargo, the data showed.
The figures exclude any ​vessels that might ⁠have crossed the strait with their Automatic Identification ​System transponders turned off to avoid ‌detection.
A vessel was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the ​United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said early on Sunday.
It said the crew's status, damage assessment and environmental impact were unknown.
Meanwhile, the vital East-West oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, which has helped relieve the logjam in ‌the Strait of Hormuz, was temporarily shut down by a drone ​attack coming from Iraq, Saudi officials said.
Before the Iran war started ​on ‌February ⁠28, the strait typically handled about 125 large, commercial vessels per day, including tankers, gas carriers, bulkers and container vessels, accounting for some ​20% of the world’s daily crude oil ⁠and liquefied natural ​gas supply.
A U.S. blockade of Iran-related shipping has halted Iranian crude oil exports since it was reimposed in mid-July.
In the Bab el-Mandeb strait, 24 and 27 commodity vessels travelled through respectively ​on Saturday and Sunday, tracking data showed, compared with ​an average of around 27 ships over the last 10 days.