On the 22nd, the traffic volume of merchant ships in the Hormuz Strait reached its peak since the end of February.

Data from professional organizations show that at least 36 commercial ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on the 22nd, the highest single-day number since the outbreak of the Iran crisis at the end of February. Agence France-Presse quoted data from maritime analysis firm Kepler as reporting that this number means that the transit volume of the Hormuz Strait has returned to nearly one-third of its pre-war level. This statistic is not complete, and the actual number of commercial ships passing through may be higher. According to data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Kepler, two super oil tankers stranded in the Persian Gulf passed through the Hormuz Strait on the 23rd, each carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil. These data indicate that despite Iran's announcement on the 20th to close the Strait of Hormuz, maritime traffic is still gradually recovering.