Strait of Hormuz still eerily quiet as doubts remain over ‘fragile’ peace deal
The only vessel moving in the waterway on Monday morning was a patrol ship, as analysts warned uncertainty lingered over the US-Iran agreement
The Strait of Hormuz was still largely devoid of shipping traffic in the hours following the announcement of a US-Iran peace deal, as analysts warned it remained uncertain how and when normal operations along the waterway would be restored.
The only vessel moving in the strait on Monday morning was broadcasting its status as a patrol ship, according to data from vessel tracking platform MarineTraffic, as hundreds of commercial ships remained stranded in the region.
A liquefied natural gas tanker chartered by India’s Petronet, the Disha, became one of the first commercial vessels to transit the waterway in the afternoon, as it headed east to exit the Strait of Hormuz.
The vessel, which departed from Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas production hub in March, had temporarily broadcast a signal identifying itself as an Indian government ship in the morning.