Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply over the weekend, with just 12 commodity vessels reported to have transited the waterway on Saturday and Sunday. Sources published the item on 21 September 2026, citing a Reuters account that drew on the latest shipping data.

That weekend figure represented a marked decline from the previous weekend, when 35 commodity vessels were recorded passing through the same two-day period. The report's summary noted the change as a fall of nearly two-thirds compared with the earlier count.

Measured in absolute terms, the difference between the two weekends was 23 vessels. Expressed as a proportion of the earlier number, the reduction equates to approximately a 65.7% decline in commodity-vessel transits between the two reporting weekends.

The statistics cited in the report were limited to commodity vessels and to the two specific days, Saturday and Sunday. The reports item made clear that the Reuters report was relying on what it described as the latest shipping data for those days.

Data and sourcing

Sources carried the report under the headline "Weekend ship traffic through Strait of Hormuz drops" on 21 September 2026. The outlet in turn referenced Reuters for the vessel counts and attributed the figures to the most recent shipping data available to Reuters at the time of its reporting.

The article also noted remarks made on Sunday by Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. The supplied factual notes record that the report referred to those comments but do not provide further detail within the material supplied for this account.

Quick figures

  • Commodity vessels transiting over the weekend in question: 12.
  • Commodity vessels transiting the previous weekend: 35.
  • Absolute change: 23 fewer commodity vessels.
  • Approximate percentage decrease: 65.7%.

reports' account presented the weekend comparison as a simple measure of vessel counts over the two most recent Saturdays and Sundays. The piece, as summarised in the supplied notes, did not include additional operational or contextual data beyond the vessel numbers and the reference to the parliamentary remarks.

The publication date of the report and the Reuters attribution are the principal meta-details available in the supplied material. The Maritime Gazette will monitor further data releases and reporting for any additional information or official updates that expand on the weekend figures and the comments referenced in the original item.