Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six vessels a day earlier, against a 10-day average of about 11 ships a day using the waterway. The drop came as prospects for a peace deal between the United States and Iran receded, Reuters reports.
According to the ship-tracking firm Kpler, four cargo ships had entered the Strait of Hormuz as of 4:20am GMT on the day of the report, two of them empty product tankers. Two ships exited the strait — one a small tanker carrying LPG, the other carrying residual fuel oil.
Meanwhile, 25 ships passed through the Bab el-Mandeb strait in the Red Sea on Monday. That is broadly unchanged from the 10-day daily average of about 24 ships, Kpler data showed.
US President Donald Trump on the previous day set out his own demands in response to the conditions Iran had laid down for a peace deal. He claimed Iran must pay compensation for those killed in various wars, attacks and protests.
Tehran had recently again demanded war reparations and the lifting of sanctions on Iran, after which Trump made his proposal. Iran’s demands were largely consistent with the terms of a preliminary peace deal signed in June, but that deal later collapsed.
Since the war began in February, Trump has repeatedly shifted his position — at times threatening to escalate the conflict, at other times saying a peace deal was all but finalised.
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