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shipping traffic through the strait of hormuz collapsed following iran-us strikes. 62% of india-bound vessels disabled ais tracking; only 5 vessels transited the us-assisted corridor on one sunday compared to pre-conflict norms of hundreds per day. the chokepoint handles a significant share of global energy flows, and running below half normal levels for multiple days is structurally unusual.

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in the strait of hormuz, only five vessels were detected by automatic identification system over a 24-hour window on june 10-11 — the second straight drop and the lowest count since hostilities began. ships are reported running without ais signals and iranian military patrols are expanding. a near-empty shipping lane in one of the world's busiest oil chokepoints is a structural anomaly, whether from vessels hiding or staying away. 94%
a foreign container ship ran aground in the strait of hormuz after transiting on a route iran had not approved, and tehran framed the grounding as enforcement of its own routing discipline in the world's most important oil chokepoint. tracking data the same day showed traffic splitting across iranian, omani, imo-designated, and dark unidentified routes. a single state unilaterally imposing corridor discipline on an international strait, with vessels visibly complying or hiding, is a structural change in how the chokepoint operates. 94%
commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz collapsed to near zero between june 11 and 14, with only one crossing detected on tracking systems. a major japanese operator announced a multiweek suspension of transits pending confidence in a u.s.-iran deal. a near-total halt of traffic through one of the world's busiest oil chokepoints, driven by anticipation rather than a closure order, is structurally unusual. 94%
tanker transits through the strait of hormuz fell to two vessels on july 9 after renewed us airstrikes on iran and retaliation, with ships switching off ais transponders to hide their movements. hormuz is the chokepoint for a large share of seaborne oil. a near-total halt combined with vessels going dark is a sharp physical-layer stress signal. 93%
62% of india-bound tankers transiting the strait of hormuz disabled their ais transponders in a single reporting window — a mass voluntary blackout at a scale not previously recorded on this waterway. vessels going dark indicates maritime operators are pricing in imminent attack risk regardless of the formal ceasefire. separately, hormuz traffic remains at roughly 30% of prewar levels, with only 124 ship transits across four days against a historical baseline exceeding 100 per day. 93%
vessel transits through the strait of hormuz dropped from 74 ships on june 24 to 22 by june 28 — a 70% compression — following us military strikes on iran june 27-29. recovery began to approximately 24 vessels by june 30. the strait carries 20-25% of world seaborne oil, making a 70% four-day collapse a significant structural disruption to global energy logistics, not a routine fluctuation. 93%

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