Maritime analysis company: Traffic volume in the Strait of Hormuz increased on the 25th.

The British maritime analysis company Windward released a report on the 26th stating that after several days of decline, there was an increase in the number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz on the 25th, with a total of 19 ships passing through that day. The report indicated that out of the 19 ships, 5 entered the Gulf waters and 14 exited, and all ships had their automatic identification systems turned on. The entering ships were all cargo ships, and they all passed through the northern channel controlled by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard. The exiting ships included 3 oil tankers, 2 bulk carriers, and 9 other cargo ships. The total number of observed ships in the Gulf waters increased to 892, an increase of 126 from the previous day. According to Windward's analysis of satellite images obtained on the 26th, there are 2 oil tankers loading crude oil at the dock on Kharg Island in Iran, with a total loading capacity of approximately 3 million barrels. Meanwhile, there are at least 8 very large oil tankers anchored in the southern and eastern waters of Kharg Island, forming a clear waiting queue. The report suggests that this indicates that Iran's crude oil exports are still ongoing but are restricted by factors such as loading and unloading schedules, infrastructure capacity, and US military blockades. The United States has recently been imposing blockades on all ships entering and exiting Iranian ports. On the 18th, Iran announced the resumption of control over the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Since then, there have been multiple incidents of ship attacks and detentions, leading to a decrease in the daily volume of ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to just 3 ships at one point. According to the International Maritime Organization, since the end of February when the US and Israel conducted military actions against Iran, there have been 29 confirmed attacks on ships near the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in at least 10 deaths of seafarers and damage to multiple ships.