A review of commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, visible via over the past 24 hours, shows only one

A review of commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, visible via over the past 24 hours, shows only one merchant vessel completed its transit using the U.S.-supported traffic separation scheme through Omani waters (south). The overwhelming majority of visible traffic instead utilized the Iranian (northern) traffic separation scheme. Notably, two groups of vessels initially attempted to use the southern route. One group reversed course before completing the transit, while a second group abandoned the Omani corridor and crossed into the Iranian traffic separation scheme.