June 25, 2026, 1:02 p.mJune 25, 2026, 1:02 p.m
According to analyses, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is showing the first signs of normalization. According to a spokesman, the data provider Kpler counted 70 transits on Wednesday. Before the Iran war broke out, there were more than 100 every day.
It is said that the Strait of Hormuz is approaching “functional normality”.Image: keystone
The data provider Windward wrote in an analysis that commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is approaching “functional normality”. The provider reported more exits than entries. China is the main destination country for oil exporting ships.
On Thursday morning (local time), the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that passage through the strait was only safe on Iranian-determined routes. The data provider Kpler recently distinguished between three routes: The company’s visualizations show passages along the coasts of Iran in the north, Oman in the south and in between.
Uncertainty about mines in the Strait
In the wake of the American-Israeli attacks on Iran, the Islamic Republic largely closed the important strait to shipping traffic at the beginning of March through threats and attacks. The USA subsequently responded with its own naval blockade of ships arriving at or leaving Iranian ports. Both blockades were lifted as part of a framework agreement between Washington and Tehran.
There is uncertainty about the sea mines that Iranian forces are said to have planted in the strait. They were seen as the justification for international naval efforts to make shipping possible again in the region. A US media report from May, citing anonymous intelligence sources, spoke of at least ten mines being placed. The British newspaper “Guardian” recently quoted a shipping expert from the Intertanko association, who said that 80 mines were planted in the strait. (hkl/sda/awp/dpa)