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“The ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic showed a 70 percent drop in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.”
Analyzed on 2026-08-22T05:05:55+00:00 · Last updated 2026-08-22
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The ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic showed a 70 percent drop in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as of late Saturday in Iran, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, a senior risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, MarineTraffic’s parent company.
Extracted from: After Iran Attacks, Ship Traffic Plummets in Strait of Hormuz , The New York Times
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“The ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic showed a 70 percent drop in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as of late Saturday in Iran, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, a senior risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, MarineTraffic’s parent company.”
After Iran Attacks, Ship Traffic Plummets in Strait of Hormuz
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