State of the strait

Strait of Hormuz

week W28 · to 12 Jul · data refreshed 2026-07-12 · IMF PortWatch

Transit calls · W28 · to 12 Jul

-90 on the week

2024-25 weekly baseline

flagged critical

Of baseline

steady

Strait of Hormuz: 115 weekly transits

All vessel transit calls per week, last 27 weeks, to 2026-07-12.

Source: IMF PortWatch · Graphic: Le Phare

Live picture

These waters run dark on open AIS: shore receivers are scarce or silenced here (war zone, jamming, ships switching off), and the satellite view that fills this gap is what underwriters pay for. The weekly series above still counts every transit — and the absence itself feeds the AIS integrity watch.

connecting to live feed…

underwaymoored / anchoredghost (earlier)

Live AIS: Fintraffic Digitraffic (Baltic, CC BY 4.0) · aisstream.io — one stream over all twelve straits, listening from the moment the page opens, last picture cached locally · faint ghost dots are the traffic heard in the last server session (refreshed every 6 h) and fade out as the live picture reaches its target · coverage relies on volunteer shore receivers and can run thin (Hormuz notably, where jamming also suppresses AIS) · vessels fade after 12 min of silence

Incidents in these waters

Curated events from public reporting (July 2024 onward), within the strait's monitored box. The full record, including the NGA ASAM archive, lives in the incident database.

14 Jul 2026Chemical tanker STOLT MAGNESIUM (Liberia flag)Attacked northeast of Qalhat, Oman — well south of the strait, on the coastal corridor shipping had been advised to hug — in the same day's wave of strikes. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
14 Jul 2026Crude tanker MOMBASA B (Liberia flag, ADNOC-controlled)Struck by a cruise missile in the strait; one Indian crew member was killed and eight seafarers were injured across the two ADNOC-controlled tankers hit that day. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
14 Jul 2026Crude tanker AL BAHYAH (Liberia flag, ADNOC-controlled)Attacked in the strait in the same wave as MOMBASA B; three crew members were declared missing. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
11 Jul 2026Container ship GFS GALAXY (Cyprus flag)Attacked in the strait with damage to the engine room; the eleven crew abandoned ship, and one Indian crew member was confirmed dead on 14 July. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
07 Jul 2026LNG carrier AL REKAYAT (Qatari-owned)Struck by a projectile in the strait; an engine-room fire forced the crew to evacuate with the vessel at risk of explosion. Position approximate. Al Jazeera
07 Jul 2026Crude carrier WEDYAN (Saudi-flagged)The supertanker was struck by a projectile in the same wave of attacks and damaged; she was using the route recommended by the US Navy. Position approximate. CNBC
07 Jul 2026Merchant vessel (third of the wave)A third merchant ship was hit in the strait in the same exchange, hours before renewed US strikes against Iran threatened the interim ceasefire. Position approximate. NPR
08 May 2026Oil tanker OCEAN KOIIranian forces seized the tanker, accusing her of trying to harm and disrupt oil exports. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
07 May 2026Chemical tanker JV INNOVATION (Chinese-owned)The chemical tanker was attacked in the strait, the first Chinese-owned vessel targeted during the crisis. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
05 May 2026Container ship CMA CGM SAN ANTONIOThe container ship was reportedly struck by a cruise missile while transiting the strait; eight crew members were injured. Position approximate. Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
27 Mar 2026Unnamed vesselThe IRGC announced the strait closed to vessels trading to or from the ports of the United States, Israel and their allies, a month into the air war; transit traffic, already collapsed, fell to a trickle. Position symbolic (strait centreline). Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis