MarineTraffic: 53 Vessels Cross Hormuz, Bab El-Mandeb

A TOTAL OF 53 CONFIRMED VESSEL CROSSINGS WERE RECORDED ACROSS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND BAB EL-MANDEB ON 28 JULY, WITH 12 TRANSITS THROUGH HORMUZ, AN INCREASE OF 50% FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY, AND 41 THROUGH BAB EL-MANDEB, UP 5%. TRAFFIC THROUGH HORMUZ REMAINED HIGHLY CONCENTRATED, WITH 10 OF 12 VESSELS USING THE IRANIAN UNILATERAL SCHEME AND NONE USING THE HORMUZ TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME. IN BAB EL-MANDEB, THE LATEST DATA IDENTIFIED 4 DARK TRANSITS, 4 SANCTIONED VESSEL CROSSINGS AND 8 SHADOW FLEET MOVEMENTS, REINFORCING THAT WHILE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC CONTINUES, ROUTING BEHAVIOUR AND VESSEL TRANSPARENCY REMAIN THE KEY INDICATORS OF OPERATIONAL, COMPLIANCE AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK.