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Shipping data showed that the number of ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell yesterday, Sunday, to the lowest level in several weeks, amid renewed mutual strikes between the United States and Iran and attacks on ships in the Middle East, leading to increased safety concerns.

According to ship tracking data from Kepler, six ships crossed the strait yesterday, Sunday, the lowest number on any day in five weeks.

Meanwhile, the data showed that the tankers that crossed the strait included the giant crude oil tanker Humanity, loaded with two million barrels of Iranian oil, and another tanker, Captain Andreas, carrying about 500,000 barrels of Kuwaiti oil products, while three empty tankers entered the Gulf to load oil. Most tankers stopped operating their transceivers while crossing the strait.

No liquefied natural gas tankers entering the strait during the beginning of the week appeared in ship tracking data.

Kepler data showed that one tanker belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) left the strait between July 10 and 12. The ship is heading to the port of Dahaj in India.

The US Central Command stated that forces completed yesterday, Sunday, another wave of strikes against Iran, targeting dozens of targets in multiple locations with precision-guided munitions.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday, Sunday, that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial navigation, despite Iran's earlier announcement that it had closed the strait after a ship sailed on an unauthorized route and was bombed.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said today, Monday, that its naval forces stopped two ships in the Strait of Hormuz last night by disabling their systems. The Revolutionary Guard did not name the two ships involved.

Meanwhile, Axios quoted US officials as saying that about 20 commercial ships crossed the strait in the past 24 hours in coordination with the US military, in addition to several ships crossing without coordination with Washington.

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