Vessel traffic through the strait of Hormuz rose to 15 transits on Monday from 12 the previous day, but still remained well below pre-war levels, data from maritime security Windward shows.
Of the 15 vessels that crossed the strait Monday, six were inbound, two using the US-assisted southern lane and four the Iranian controlled northern lane. There were nine outbound ships, with six taking the northern lane, two the southern and one the center, Windward data show.
The amount of traffic through the strait of Hormuz remains well below its pre-war level of around 135 vessels per day.
US Central Command (Centcom) said in a post on X that as of 7 September its forces have redirected 94 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two others as part of efforts to enforce a blockade against Iranian ports.
Iran will soon announce a new and broader restricted zone for vessels looking to cross the strait, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said. This new zone will begin from the line of the US Navy blockade in the Gulf of Oman and extend westward to areas within the Mideast Gulf.
Ships approaching the area would be warned to stay away or risk being included on Iran's sanction list, according to Rezaei.
"There will be consequences, including problems with insurance and future passage," he said.
