Weekly Traffic Through Strait Of Hormuz Rises To 55 Ships From Wartime Low Of 19: Kpler Data

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• Weekly Traffic Through Strait Of Hormuz Rises To 55 Ships From Wartime Low Of 19: Kpler Data Published By, Last Updated: May 18, 2026, 23:08 IST The increase, recorded between May 11 and May 17, brings shipping activity back in line with the average seen since the start of the war.
• Iran has launched "Hormuz Safe," a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
• (AFP photo) Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has rebounded to 55 commodity vessels per week, recovering from a sharp wartime low of just 19 ships, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler.
• The increase, recorded between May 11 and May 17, brings shipping activity back in line with the average seen since the start of the war.
• The previous week’s figure of 19 vessels marked the lowest level since the war began on 28 February, when US...