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Chokepoint traffic remains uneven #MarineTraffic data shows 39 combined crossings through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb on 2 August, as traffic patterns across the two corridors continued to diverge. Hormuz recorded nine transits, compared with 23 on 31 July and 11 on 1 August. Five vessels exited... show more
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Thanks for this summary. Middle East Gulf, where is that? You mean the region internationally recognized as the Persian Gulf.

Persian gulf not "middle east gulf". Also there's no "middle east". Middle of what? It's West Asia.

@Centcom may disagree with these figures as they reckon 1000's of ships are passing through the straits!

Nine transits, zero through normal TSS. Seven on Iran's toll scheme. That's not a corridor anymore. It's a checkpoint.

Would the establishment of an independent international naval military force ensure the continuation of global shipping security and services? When an actor can threaten global progress, it becomes more important to consider potential strategic solutions long term.

Anyone watching the Gulf knows Hormuz dips aren't systemic. I don't read daily vessel counts as risk when Fujairah's DP World terminal, Etihad Rail, and pipelines already bypass the strait. Oil is ~24% of GDP. The UAE built this redundancy by design.

ADNOC loaded tankers via the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline while Hormuz traffic dropped to single digits. How many other Gulf operators have bypass infrastructure at that scale?

And this is showing the AIS on only

Zero TSS usage in Hormuz and a drop to just 9 transits highlights the deepening geopolitical distortion across key Middle East oil arteries. With dark transits and shadow fleets continuing to plug the gap, risk opacity, not standard commercial volume, is rapidly becoming the defining metric for maritime energy flows.
