Media: only four ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on September 15

The number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz has decreased to a minimum. On Tuesday, September 15, it crossed only four ships, writes sb.by.

According to TASS, such data led Reuters with reference to the analytical company Kpler. Among the ships there were no supertankers with oil, nor tankers for the transportation of liquefied natural gas.

Prior to the escalation in the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz typically carried about 125 large commercial vessels a day, including bulk carriers and container ships, tankers and gas carriers, carrying about 20 percent of the world’s daily supply of oil and LNG.

The U.S. Energy Department expects an increase in oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming weeks