Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz almost at a standstill

Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has almost completely stopped due to the war in the Middle East. An examination of navigation signals in the water indicates that traffic has fallen to single digits, with only two commercial transits observed in the last 24 hours, according to the Joint Marine Information Centre, which says the crossings involved only cargo ships and no oil tankers. According to the organisation, Bloomberg reports, there is an almost complete temporary halt to routine commercial traffic.