JAKARTA - Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has reportedly increased slightly in the last 36 hours, according to ship tracking data.
A US official told CNN the United States and Iran would refrain for now following the tit-for-tat actions near the Strait of Hormuz in recent days.
Several large tankers were seen sailing out through the strait on Monday, June 29, based on their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders, which showed the ships' positions in a southern lane near the coast of Oman.
Among the ships were a partially loaded chemical and oil tanker, *Vaughan*, which indicated its sailing destination to the port of Fujairah in the UAE, outside the Gulf region. The fully loaded crude oil tanker, Das, was also on a similar route when it left the Gulf, as was the Greek-operated Nissos Heraclea, which had departed from the port of Basra in Iraq three days earlier.
Three container ships have entered the Gulf in the past three days - the first vessels to have commercial ties with major shipping companies to do so since the start of the conflict, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler.
However, it is difficult to measure total shipping traffic because many ships sail without activating their transponders.
Tehran insists the ships must have a permit from it to cross the strait through designated routes. However, more and more ships are using routes near the coast of Oman, thus threatening Iran's bargaining power over the waterway.
Several vessels are still using routes set by Iran, including a bulk carrier - Star Kamila - which entered the Gulf on Monday.
According to Iranian state television on Monday, the Iranian Navy again warned ships to only pass south of Larak Island, which is located not far from the Iranian coast.
On Sunday, June 28, a total of 42 crossings through the Strait of Hormuz were recorded, according to the Windward maritime intelligence group. A total of 28 ships were entering and 14 ships were leaving. The outgoing vessel flow was dominated by bulk carriers and product tankers.
Sunday's traffic included a convoy of five vessels entering via the southern corridor, near the coast of Oman; this convoy included a very large crude oil tanker entering the Gulf for the first time since docking in February, Windward said.
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