Kepler shipping data company reported that ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to less than half the average of previous days. The report says that the traffic of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on 19 Mordad dropped to six vessels, which represents a significant decline compared with the 11-vessel average of the past days. Before the outbreak of the war, usually about 130 to 140 ships crossed this strait each day.

Sajede Sharifi, a reporter for Iran International, reports