Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war

Day
197
Severity
5 Critical
Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz, last 28 days
4.4 transits per day (-93%)
Transits, all vessel types, Strait of HormuzTransits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz, 2025-12-21 (21 December 2025) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-03-04 to 127 transits per day on 2026-02-22, with a mean of 22.5 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 8 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2026-03-01 to 2026-09-13.0501001502025-12-212026-05-032026-09-13
Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz, 2025-12-21 (21 December 2025) to 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026): values ranged from 0 transits per day on 2026-03-04 to 127 transits per day on 2026-02-22, with a mean of 22.5 transits per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-13, was 8 transits per day. The shaded band marks the event so far, 2026-03-01 to 2026-09-13.

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).

Transits, all vessel types, Strait of Hormuz (transits per day).
Datetransits per day
2025-12-2154
2025-12-2246
2025-12-2358
2025-12-2465
2025-12-2568
2025-12-2662
2025-12-2766
2025-12-2855
2025-12-2950
2025-12-3066
2025-12-3171
2026-01-0164
2026-01-0251
2026-01-0359
2026-01-0449
2026-01-0561
2026-01-0661
2026-01-0766
2026-01-0862
2026-01-0974
2026-01-1063
2026-01-1164
2026-01-1252
2026-01-1353
2026-01-1461
2026-01-1562
2026-01-1653
2026-01-1738
2026-01-1854
2026-01-1958
2026-01-2058
2026-01-2156
2026-01-2264
2026-01-2348
2026-01-2446
2026-01-2564
2026-01-2643
2026-01-2761
2026-01-2854
2026-01-2972
2026-01-3071
2026-01-3170
2026-02-0149
2026-02-0267
2026-02-0366
2026-02-0443
2026-02-0571
2026-02-0660
2026-02-0760
2026-02-0858
2026-02-0953
2026-02-1065
2026-02-1181
2026-02-1268
2026-02-13103
2026-02-1491
2026-02-1574
2026-02-1654
2026-02-1775
2026-02-18109
2026-02-19115
2026-02-2094
2026-02-2186
2026-02-22127
2026-02-23104
2026-02-2493
2026-02-25116
2026-02-2689
2026-02-2764
2026-02-2857
2026-03-0120
2026-03-024
2026-03-034
2026-03-040
2026-03-053
2026-03-062
2026-03-073
2026-03-082
2026-03-092
2026-03-102
2026-03-112
2026-03-121
2026-03-130
2026-03-141
2026-03-157
2026-03-164
2026-03-171
2026-03-180
2026-03-190
2026-03-203
2026-03-210
2026-03-222
2026-03-234
2026-03-242
2026-03-252
2026-03-264
2026-03-272
2026-03-286
2026-03-295
2026-03-306
2026-03-315
2026-04-017
2026-04-021
2026-04-033
2026-04-0411
2026-04-054
2026-04-065
2026-04-073
2026-04-083
2026-04-098
2026-04-103
2026-04-117
2026-04-1212
2026-04-137
2026-04-145
2026-04-157
2026-04-163
2026-04-178
2026-04-1820
2026-04-192
2026-04-203
2026-04-214
2026-04-225
2026-04-233
2026-04-246
2026-04-254
2026-04-263
2026-04-277
2026-04-2810
2026-04-2939
2026-04-3011
2026-05-017
2026-05-026
2026-05-036
2026-05-042
2026-05-050
2026-05-060
2026-05-070
2026-05-080
2026-05-091
2026-05-107
2026-05-117
2026-05-123
2026-05-134
2026-05-1410
2026-05-154
2026-05-167
2026-05-173
2026-05-184
2026-05-194
2026-05-208
2026-05-215
2026-05-222
2026-05-236
2026-05-245
2026-05-254
2026-05-264
2026-05-271
2026-05-282
2026-05-291
2026-05-304
2026-05-315
2026-06-012
2026-06-0211
2026-06-039
2026-06-043
2026-06-052
2026-06-062
2026-06-072
2026-06-087
2026-06-094
2026-06-103
2026-06-112
2026-06-121
2026-06-130
2026-06-140
2026-06-157
2026-06-1610
2026-06-178
2026-06-1820
2026-06-199
2026-06-2025
2026-06-216
2026-06-2216
2026-06-2329
2026-06-2451
2026-06-2546
2026-06-2630
2026-06-2725
2026-06-2816
2026-06-2926
2026-06-3016
2026-07-0129
2026-07-0228
2026-07-0324
2026-07-0417
2026-07-0522
2026-07-0625
2026-07-0726
2026-07-0820
2026-07-0910
2026-07-107
2026-07-116
2026-07-124
2026-07-1310
2026-07-148
2026-07-159
2026-07-166
2026-07-171
2026-07-186
2026-07-194
2026-07-205
2026-07-216
2026-07-226
2026-07-230
2026-07-243
2026-07-252
2026-07-263
2026-07-275
2026-07-285
2026-07-297
2026-07-304
2026-07-318
2026-08-015
2026-08-023
2026-08-036
2026-08-047
2026-08-055
2026-08-062
2026-08-076
2026-08-0810
2026-08-093
2026-08-104
2026-08-119
2026-08-123
2026-08-136
2026-08-147
2026-08-151
2026-08-161
2026-08-174
2026-08-186
2026-08-196
2026-08-205
2026-08-214
2026-08-227
2026-08-233
2026-08-243
2026-08-254
2026-08-265
2026-08-272
2026-08-287
2026-08-293
2026-08-306
2026-08-313
2026-09-014
2026-09-023
2026-09-032
2026-09-042
2026-09-052
2026-09-066
2026-09-075
2026-09-086
2026-09-093
2026-09-105
2026-09-118
2026-09-122
2026-09-138

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Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war on World Freight Monitor, day by day.