--- title: "Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows" description: "Both outlets reported a decline in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, noting the number of commodity vessels transiting the strait was below the 10-day average of 15. Arab News Pakistan cited five vessels, while Business Recorder reported seven, with both down from 17 the previous day. The framing and additional details were otherwise consistent across the excerpts." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/4776-gulf-ship-traffic-via-strait-of-hormuz-hovers-below-10-day site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows world · latest filing 28 Aug 2026, 12:19 PM PKT · 26–28 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 28 Aug 2026 — Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows (2 outlets) > Both outlets reported a decline in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, noting the number of commodity vessels transiting the strait was below the 10-day average of 15. Arab News Pakistan cited five vessels, while Business Recorder reported seven, with both down from 17 the previous day. The framing and additional details were otherwise consistent across the excerpts. - **Business Recorder** — [Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436856/shipping-traffic-via-strait-of-hormuz-slips-below-10-day-average-data-shows) · 28 Aug 2026, 12:19 PM PKT > SINGAPORE: Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier and below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday. Among the seven vessels that transited were two medium-range tankers, one very large gas carrier (VLGC), one Ultramax vessel, one intermediate tanker and two chemical tankers, initial data from shiptracker Kpler... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average, data shows](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2656094/middle-east) · 28 Aug 2026, 7:08 AM PKT · 98% identical wording to the newest filing > SINGAPORE: Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a ‌day earlier ‌and below ‌the ⁠10-day average of ⁠15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday. Among the five ⁠vessels that ‌transited ‌were two ‌medium-range tankers and ‌one very large gas carrier, initial data ‌from shiptracker Kpler showed at 0225 ⁠GMT. The ⁠figures could change as some ships typi... ### 26 Aug 2026 — Gulf ship traffic via Strait of Hormuz hovers below 10-day average, data shows (2 outlets) > Both outlets reported that five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, with traffic remaining largely unchanged from the previous day but significantly below the 10-day average of 15. Arab News Pakistan added the detail that two tankers were among the vessels, while Aaj News provided a nearly identical framing without specifying the type of vessels beyond mentioning two carrying liquefied cargo. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Gulf ship traffic via Strait of Hormuz hovers below 10-day average, data shows](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330469526/gulf-ship-traffic-via-strait-of-hormuz-hovers-below-10-day-average-data-shows) · 26 Aug 2026, 1:36 PM PKT > Five ​commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, little ‌changed from a day earlier but well below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday. Two tankers carrying liquefied petroleum ​gas and one tanker carrying bitumen exited the Gulf via ​the strait, while two empty product tankers entered the ⁠waterway from the Gulf of Oman, initial data from s... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Gulf ship traffic via Strait of Hormuz hovers below 10-day average, data shows](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2655868/middle-east) · 26 Aug 2026, 9:08 AM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing > NEW DELHI: Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, broadly unchanged from a day earlier ‌but ‌well below ‌the ⁠10-day average of ⁠15, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday. Two tankers carrying liquefied ⁠petroleum gas ‌and one ‌tanker carrying bitumen ‌exited the ‌strait, while two empty product tankers entered the ‌waterway, initial data from shiptracker Kple... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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