Hormuz Sees Traffic Bump Despite Ongoing Iranian Attacks

Transits through the Strait of Hormuz more than doubled between May and June, as the shipping industry attempts to navigate the volatile waterway. Analysts with London-based Lloyd’s List Intelligence tracked at least 576 transits through the strait in June, up from 233 in May. However, strait transits are still largely down compared to the year before, in which June 2025 saw 3,131 transits, according to Lloyd’s List Intelligence data. About 70 percent of June’s transits were made by non-Iranian ships. The Strait of Hormuz saw a mass exodus of ships that were stuck in the Persian Gulf following the June