Singapore, Sept. 09 (SANA) Six commodity-carrying vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, compared with nine the previous day and an average of about 12 vessels over the past 10 days, according to data from maritime shipping analytics company Kpler cited by Reuters.
Kpler said five of the six vessels entered the strait, while one exited. The group included a Panamax-sized tanker and a medium-sized vessel.
Meanwhile, 25 commodity-carrying vessels transited the Bab al-Mandab Strait on Tuesday, with 11 vessels entering and 14 exiting the vital Middle Eastern waterway.
The figure compares with an average of about 27 vessels transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait over the past 10 days.
Among the vessels that transited Bab al-Mandab were two Suezmax tankers, eight Aframax tankers and one very large crude carrier (VLCC).
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran intensified on Tuesday as the Houthi militia in Yemen launched attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, while U.S. forces simultaneously targeted several Iranian oil tankers.
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