A U.S. official said on Thursday that around 60 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, September 23, carrying the largest daily volume of crude oil since early July, while around 22 million barrels of oil passed through the vital waterway despite the ongoing war between the United States and Iran.
Security coordination for around 40 vessels
The official, who requested anonymity, added that around 40 of the vessels that transited the strait coordinated with the U.S. military to receive protection. The figures cited by the official could not be independently verified.
Traffic remains below pre-war levels
Vessel-tracking data showed that 10 cargo vessels transited the strait on Wednesday, up from 7 the previous day, but the figure remained below the 10-day moving average of around 17 vessels. Before the war began on February 28, around 125 large commercial vessels typically transited the strait each day, including oil and gas tankers, bulk carriers and container ships, equivalent to around 20% of the world's daily supplies of crude oil and liquefied natural gas.
