Strait of Hormuz: transits and disruption history

Name: Strait of Hormuz daily transits
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Strait of Hormuz averaged 4.4 vessel transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026), compared with 4.7 in the previous 28 days (-6.1%). The archive records 2 disruptions here.

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Key facts

Type: strait
Bordering countries: Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates
Recorded events: 2
Curated lanes passing: 10
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

Strait of Hormuz averaged 4.4 transits a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-13.

Disruption history

2 recorded events, newest first.

Events at Strait of Hormuz
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2026-03-01	Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war	Security incident	ongoing	5 Critical
2019-07-19	Iran seizes the tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz	Security incident	ended	3 Significant

Full event history for Strait of Hormuz

Transits, all vessel types

Strait of Hormuz, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-06-13 to 51 transits per day on 2026-06-24, with a mean of 8.0 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 8 transits per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Strait of Hormuz, transits, all vessel types, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	3
2026-05-18	4
2026-05-19	4
2026-05-20	8
2026-05-21	5
2026-05-22	2
2026-05-23	6
2026-05-24	5
2026-05-25	4
2026-05-26	4
2026-05-27	1
2026-05-28	2
2026-05-29	1
2026-05-30	4
2026-05-31	5
2026-06-01	2
2026-06-02	11
2026-06-03	9
2026-06-04	3
2026-06-05	2
2026-06-06	2
2026-06-07	2
2026-06-08	7
2026-06-09	4
2026-06-10	3
2026-06-11	2
2026-06-12	1
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-15	7
2026-06-16	10
2026-06-17	8
2026-06-18	20
2026-06-19	9
2026-06-20	25
2026-06-21	6
2026-06-22	16
2026-06-23	29
2026-06-24	51
2026-06-25	46
2026-06-26	30
2026-06-27	25
2026-06-28	16
2026-06-29	26
2026-06-30	16
2026-07-01	29
2026-07-02	28
2026-07-03	24
2026-07-04	17
2026-07-05	22
2026-07-06	25
2026-07-07	26
2026-07-08	20
2026-07-09	10
2026-07-10	7
2026-07-11	6
2026-07-12	4
2026-07-13	10
2026-07-14	8
2026-07-15	9
2026-07-16	6
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	6
2026-07-19	4
2026-07-20	5
2026-07-21	6
2026-07-22	6
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	3
2026-07-25	2
2026-07-26	3
2026-07-27	5
2026-07-28	5
2026-07-29	7
2026-07-30	4
2026-07-31	8
2026-08-01	5
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	6
2026-08-04	7
2026-08-05	5
2026-08-06	2
2026-08-07	6
2026-08-08	10
2026-08-09	3
2026-08-10	4
2026-08-11	9
2026-08-12	3
2026-08-13	6
2026-08-14	7
2026-08-15	1
2026-08-16	1
2026-08-17	4
2026-08-18	6
2026-08-19	6
2026-08-20	5
2026-08-21	4
2026-08-22	7
2026-08-23	3
2026-08-24	3
2026-08-25	4
2026-08-26	5
2026-08-27	2
2026-08-28	7
2026-08-29	3
2026-08-30	6
2026-08-31	3
2026-09-01	4
2026-09-02	3
2026-09-03	2
2026-09-04	2
2026-09-05	2
2026-09-06	6
2026-09-07	5
2026-09-08	6
2026-09-09	3
2026-09-10	5
2026-09-11	8
2026-09-12	2
2026-09-13	8

Transits, container ships

Strait of Hormuz, transits, container ships, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-05-17 to 8 transits per day on 2026-06-25, with a mean of 0.7 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 2 transits per day.

Strait of Hormuz, transits, container ships, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-18	1
2026-05-19	1
2026-05-20	2
2026-05-21	0
2026-05-22	0
2026-05-23	0
2026-05-24	0
2026-05-25	1
2026-05-26	0
2026-05-27	0
2026-05-28	0
2026-05-29	0
2026-05-30	0
2026-05-31	1
2026-06-01	0
2026-06-02	1
2026-06-03	0
2026-06-04	0
2026-06-05	0
2026-06-06	0
2026-06-07	0
2026-06-08	2
2026-06-09	0
2026-06-10	0
2026-06-11	0
2026-06-12	0
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-15	0
2026-06-16	1
2026-06-17	2
2026-06-18	1
2026-06-19	2
2026-06-20	1
2026-06-21	1
2026-06-22	0
2026-06-23	3
2026-06-24	6
2026-06-25	8
2026-06-26	2
2026-06-27	3
2026-06-28	3
2026-06-29	4
2026-06-30	0
2026-07-01	2
2026-07-02	4
2026-07-03	1
2026-07-04	3
2026-07-05	0
2026-07-06	3
2026-07-07	1
2026-07-08	3
2026-07-09	3
2026-07-10	0
2026-07-11	0
2026-07-12	1
2026-07-13	1
2026-07-14	1
2026-07-15	1
2026-07-16	2
2026-07-17	0
2026-07-18	0
2026-07-19	1
2026-07-20	1
2026-07-21	0
2026-07-22	0
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	0
2026-07-26	0
2026-07-27	0
2026-07-28	0
2026-07-29	0
2026-07-30	1
2026-07-31	1
2026-08-01	0
2026-08-02	1
2026-08-03	0
2026-08-04	0
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-06	0
2026-08-07	0
2026-08-08	3
2026-08-09	0
2026-08-10	0
2026-08-11	0
2026-08-12	0
2026-08-13	0
2026-08-14	0
2026-08-15	0
2026-08-16	0
2026-08-17	0
2026-08-18	0
2026-08-19	0
2026-08-20	0
2026-08-21	0
2026-08-22	2
2026-08-23	0
2026-08-24	0
2026-08-25	0
2026-08-26	0
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	0
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	0
2026-08-31	1
2026-09-01	0
2026-09-02	0
2026-09-03	0
2026-09-04	1
2026-09-05	0
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	0
2026-09-08	0
2026-09-09	0
2026-09-10	0
2026-09-11	0
2026-09-12	0
2026-09-13	2

Transits, tankers

Strait of Hormuz, transits, tankers, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-05-22 to 21 transits per day on 2026-06-25, with a mean of 3.3 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 1 transits per day.

Strait of Hormuz, transits, tankers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	1
2026-05-18	1
2026-05-19	3
2026-05-20	4
2026-05-21	2
2026-05-22	0
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	2
2026-05-25	0
2026-05-26	2
2026-05-27	1
2026-05-28	0
2026-05-29	0
2026-05-30	0
2026-05-31	0
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	3
2026-06-03	3
2026-06-04	1
2026-06-05	0
2026-06-06	0
2026-06-07	0
2026-06-08	1
2026-06-09	2
2026-06-10	0
2026-06-11	2
2026-06-12	1
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-15	2
2026-06-16	3
2026-06-17	0
2026-06-18	10
2026-06-19	3
2026-06-20	12
2026-06-21	1
2026-06-22	12
2026-06-23	12
2026-06-24	20
2026-06-25	21
2026-06-26	17
2026-06-27	9
2026-06-28	7
2026-06-29	13
2026-06-30	6
2026-07-01	18
2026-07-02	15
2026-07-03	17
2026-07-04	8
2026-07-05	16
2026-07-06	16
2026-07-07	10
2026-07-08	8
2026-07-09	3
2026-07-10	4
2026-07-11	3
2026-07-12	1
2026-07-13	2
2026-07-14	5
2026-07-15	3
2026-07-16	1
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	2
2026-07-19	2
2026-07-20	2
2026-07-21	1
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	0
2026-07-26	2
2026-07-27	0
2026-07-28	1
2026-07-29	3
2026-07-30	1
2026-07-31	2
2026-08-01	3
2026-08-02	0
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	4
2026-08-05	0
2026-08-06	0
2026-08-07	4
2026-08-08	2
2026-08-09	0
2026-08-10	2
2026-08-11	2
2026-08-12	1
2026-08-13	2
2026-08-14	2
2026-08-15	1
2026-08-16	1
2026-08-17	3
2026-08-18	4
2026-08-19	4
2026-08-20	2
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	1
2026-08-23	1
2026-08-24	2
2026-08-25	4
2026-08-26	2
2026-08-27	2
2026-08-28	0
2026-08-29	1
2026-08-30	2
2026-08-31	1
2026-09-01	1
2026-09-02	1
2026-09-03	1
2026-09-04	0
2026-09-05	0
2026-09-06	2
2026-09-07	2
2026-09-08	2
2026-09-09	0
2026-09-10	1
2026-09-11	3
2026-09-12	1
2026-09-13	1

Transits, dry bulk carriers

Strait of Hormuz, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-05-17 to 19 transits per day on 2026-06-24, with a mean of 2.3 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 2 transits per day.

Strait of Hormuz, transits, dry bulk carriers, last 120 days (transits per day).
Date	transits per day
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-18	0
2026-05-19	0
2026-05-20	2
2026-05-21	2
2026-05-22	2
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	3
2026-05-25	2
2026-05-26	1
2026-05-27	0
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	0
2026-05-30	2
2026-05-31	1
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	2
2026-06-03	3
2026-06-04	0
2026-06-05	0
2026-06-06	2
2026-06-07	0
2026-06-08	1
2026-06-09	1
2026-06-10	0
2026-06-11	0
2026-06-12	0
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-15	2
2026-06-16	0
2026-06-17	4
2026-06-18	7
2026-06-19	1
2026-06-20	7
2026-06-21	2
2026-06-22	4
2026-06-23	10
2026-06-24	19
2026-06-25	12
2026-06-26	8
2026-06-27	7
2026-06-28	2
2026-06-29	6
2026-06-30	8
2026-07-01	4
2026-07-02	7
2026-07-03	5
2026-07-04	4
2026-07-05	5
2026-07-06	2
2026-07-07	8
2026-07-08	5
2026-07-09	2
2026-07-10	2
2026-07-11	3
2026-07-12	0
2026-07-13	3
2026-07-14	1
2026-07-15	4
2026-07-16	1
2026-07-17	0
2026-07-18	2
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-20	1
2026-07-21	3
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	2
2026-07-25	0
2026-07-26	1
2026-07-27	3
2026-07-28	4
2026-07-29	4
2026-07-30	0
2026-07-31	2
2026-08-01	1
2026-08-02	1
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	3
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-06	1
2026-08-07	2
2026-08-08	3
2026-08-09	1
2026-08-10	2
2026-08-11	3
2026-08-12	1
2026-08-13	4
2026-08-14	5
2026-08-15	0
2026-08-16	0
2026-08-17	0
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	0
2026-08-20	2
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	2
2026-08-23	2
2026-08-24	0
2026-08-25	0
2026-08-26	2
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	4
2026-08-29	1
2026-08-30	2
2026-08-31	1
2026-09-01	3
2026-09-02	2
2026-09-03	1
2026-09-04	1
2026-09-05	1
2026-09-06	3
2026-09-07	3
2026-09-08	3
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	2
2026-09-11	3
2026-09-12	1
2026-09-13	2

Transit trade volume

Strait of Hormuz, transit trade volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 metric tons per day on 2026-05-22 to 2,314,086 metric tons per day on 2026-07-06, with a mean of 257,557.0 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 71,701 metric tons per day.

Strait of Hormuz, transit trade volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	10,961
2026-05-18	16,651
2026-05-19	609,497
2026-05-20	418,971
2026-05-21	74,078
2026-05-22	0
2026-05-23	312,575
2026-05-24	87,734
2026-05-25	86,752
2026-05-26	0
2026-05-27	106,096
2026-05-28	65,232
2026-05-29	6,056
2026-05-30	52,574
2026-05-31	48,820
2026-06-01	90,292
2026-06-02	96,510
2026-06-03	115,719
2026-06-04	1,047
2026-06-05	0
2026-06-06	93,370
2026-06-07	366
2026-06-08	61,448
2026-06-09	110,820
2026-06-10	13,825
2026-06-11	11,142
2026-06-12	11,375
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-15	86,520
2026-06-16	38,841
2026-06-17	135,479
2026-06-18	824,115
2026-06-19	729,047
2026-06-20	856,885
2026-06-21	161,589
2026-06-22	505,171
2026-06-23	1,372,629
2026-06-24	1,964,318
2026-06-25	1,866,357
2026-06-26	1,000,055
2026-06-27	955,285
2026-06-28	289,138
2026-06-29	1,287,883
2026-06-30	565,738
2026-07-01	1,582,436
2026-07-02	582,502
2026-07-03	1,382,128
2026-07-04	545,114
2026-07-05	892,809
2026-07-06	2,314,086
2026-07-07	1,407,775
2026-07-08	535,304
2026-07-09	166,887
2026-07-10	172,119
2026-07-11	228,875
2026-07-12	63,878
2026-07-13	65,012
2026-07-14	87,376
2026-07-15	214,434
2026-07-16	28,460
2026-07-17	1,231
2026-07-18	132,322
2026-07-19	54,047
2026-07-20	1,207
2026-07-21	71,614
2026-07-22	35,435
2026-07-23	0
2026-07-24	591
2026-07-25	324
2026-07-26	122,054
2026-07-27	170,314
2026-07-28	63,967
2026-07-29	179,594
2026-07-30	5,325
2026-07-31	470,124
2026-08-01	3,003
2026-08-02	107,354
2026-08-03	131,517
2026-08-04	214,958
2026-08-05	4,805
2026-08-06	25,140
2026-08-07	95,136
2026-08-08	389,245
2026-08-09	0
2026-08-10	64,034
2026-08-11	99,876
2026-08-12	14,580
2026-08-13	150,650
2026-08-14	195,694
2026-08-15	1,067
2026-08-16	0
2026-08-17	24,505
2026-08-18	312,897
2026-08-19	78,931
2026-08-20	136,645
2026-08-21	72,476
2026-08-22	184,497
2026-08-23	32,472
2026-08-24	69,775
2026-08-25	56,680
2026-08-26	88,102
2026-08-27	4,989
2026-08-28	151,980
2026-08-29	10,089
2026-08-30	70,732
2026-08-31	28,355
2026-09-01	63,309
2026-09-02	115,187
2026-09-03	116,969
2026-09-04	53,267
2026-09-05	63,174
2026-09-06	212,702
2026-09-07	70,380
2026-09-08	390,320
2026-09-09	0
2026-09-10	30,768
2026-09-11	96,001
2026-09-12	84,568
2026-09-13	71,701

Oil and gas carried

Crude oil and petroleum liquids through Strait of Hormuz, million barrels per day, and its share of world maritime oil trade
Period	Million barrels a day	Share of world maritime oil trade
2020	19.2	26%
2021	19.7	26%
2022	21.9	28%
2023	21.8	27%
2024	20.7	26%
1H25	20.9	26%

LNG: 11.4 billion cubic feet a day in 1H25. Over 20 percent of global LNG trade, mostly from Qatar.

Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms.

Shares are computed by World Freight Monitor as each flow divided by EIA's world maritime oil trade for the same period. All chokepoints compared.

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