Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains about 65% below pre-war levels, according to the latest weekly report from UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The report was released on Friday 13 November and reported by Gulf News.
UKMTO counted 139 outbound and 169 inbound vessel transits in the latest seven-day period. It recorded eight maritime incidents across the Strait of Hormuz, the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in that period.
The figure sits uneasily with a claim reported by AP, citing an unnamed source, that oil shipments through the strait are near pre-war levels. The two figures measure different things. UKMTO counts vessel transits, while the AP source refers to oil volumes, so one does not directly contradict the other. The AP source's claim has not been independently checked.
AP also reports that, according to the UN, October saw the highest number of incidents against commercial ships in the strait since February.