Kpler Data Shows 95 Weekly Hormuz Transits as Trump Insists Strait Is Fully Open
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Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 19
Kpler Data Shows 95 Weekly Hormuz Transits as Trump Insists Strait Is Fully Open
3 articles · Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 19
Summary
Kpler counted just 95 vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz last week, including only three on Sunday, undercutting Trump's assertion that the waterway is fully open.
More than 100 ships a day used the strait before the war, but Iran's attacks and threats against military and civilian vessels have sharply reduced traffic since fighting began on Feb. 28.
The administration disputes Kpler's figures, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying untrackable "dark" transits are still moving oil through the passage.
Trump is also pressuring Oman over parts of a traffic-management deal it is developing with Iran, while a U.S.-Iran memorandum setting a 60-day deadline for a broader war-ending plan expired Monday without extension.