Shipping Through Strait of Hormuz Nearly Halted After Attacks
According to data from analytics firm Kpler, only five commercial vessels passed through the strait on Saturday, and none on Sunday, while 31 transits were recorded the previous weekend.
According to data from analytics firm Kpler, only five commercial vessels passed through the strait on Saturday, and none on Sunday, while 31 transits were recorded the previous weekend.
Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global route for oil and gas transport, slowed sharply over the past weekend following attacks on ships, Reuters reported, citing data from analytics firm Kpler.
According to this data, five commercial vessels passed through the strait on Saturday, August 15, 2026, while no transits were recorded on Sunday, August 16. By comparison, 31 commercial vessels used the same passage over the weekend of August 8-9.
The slowdown followed reports from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), an oil company based in the United Arab Emirates, that three of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The incidents occurred on August 13 and 14, 2026, according to Russia's state news agency TASS, reporting from London.
The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic maritime passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, through which a significant portion of global energy trade flows. Any serious disruption to traffic on this route typically raises concerns in global energy markets.
In a separate report, Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defense forces shot down 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. The drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tula, and Moscow regions, as well as the Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea, and over the Azov and Black Seas.
TASS cites this information in the same report, although it is not directly related to the events in the Strait of Hormuz.
