Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ceased entirely, with AIS data from MarineTraffic showing no vessel transits in the past 24 hours, compared to a pre-Operation Epic Fury average of 130 per day.
The U.S. has continued its blockade of Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf in response to the IRGC's closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The tension escalation was discussed in an interview with Farzin Nadimi, a senior researcher on defense and security affairs at the Washington Institute.
On May 9, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for mosques and Basij bases to assess the consumption of evaporative coolers in neighborhoods to optimize energy use amid rising temperatures and electricity shortages. He emphasized the need for public participation in managing energy consumption to prevent strain on the country's power grid.
The LNG tanker "Al Khraitiyat" is heading through the Strait of Hormuz after departing from Qatar's Ras Laffan port, bound for Pakistan's Qasim port, marking the first such passage since the start of the conflict. QatarEnergy has not commented on the development.
Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to zero. AIS data from MarineTraffic shows no vessel transits in the past 24 hours. The pre-Operation Epic Fury average was 130 per day.
