The US-Israel-Iran war · The Strait of Hormuz and the sea lanes

Hormuz commodity crossings fall to seven on Thursday from 17 the day before, preliminary Kpler data show

Confirmedon verified, dated visual or sensor evidence: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party, with visual or sensor evidence.

Preliminary Kpler data at 03:15 GMT on 28 August, reported by Reuters via The Times of Israel, showed seven commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday 27 August, down from a revised 17 on Wednesday and below the 10-day average of 15; four were exiting and three entering. Seventeen crossed Bab al-Mandeb. The tracker cited another Reuters count of five.

When: 27 August 2026
Where: Strait of Hormuz, No single country
What: shipping disruption
Attribution: Not attributed. Traffic data; no single actor.
In the record: Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled

Sources

Sensor data Times of Israel Media · Unaffiliated origin: Kpler ship-tracking data, reported by Reuters · published 2026-08-28 00:00 UTC

History

When	Field	From	To	Why
2026-10-27 21:03 UTC	status	null	confirmed	P1 backfilled: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule

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