PNN – In a report citing shipping monitoring data, CNN announced that many ships that have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days have used Iran’s designated route, and some of them have loaded their cargo in Iranian ports; an issue that, according to the network, means ignoring the US blockade.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; CNN wrote in a report that shipping monitoring data shows that most of the ships that have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days have passed through the route determined by Iran, and half of them have loaded their cargoes in Iranian ports, which means they are ignoring the US blockade.
The news network admitted in its report that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) determines the passage through the Strait of Hormuz and published a map showing alternative routes for transit through the Strait of Hormuz, directing traffic from Iranian territorial waters and around Lark Island, and allowing for inspection by the Iranian Navy and port authorities.
According to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, before the US and Israel launched their attacks on Iran in late February, around 3,000 ships normally passed through the Strait of Hormuz each month, but since the start of the war, traffic has plummeted, and according to Kepler data, only 154 ships passed through the strait in the entire month of March.
Dimitris Ampatzidis, Head of Maritime Risk and Compliance at Kepler, says: The disruption is both rapid and unprecedented. Overall, traffic through Hormuz in the last two months has been about 5 percent of the pre-war average, leading to shortages of petroleum products, particularly in Asia.
According to Ampatzidis, “There are still more than 800 ships in the Persian Gulf, but the term ‘wandering’ does not apply to all of them.” “Many regional ships, especially Iranian and Persian Gulf operators, continue to operate as normal on local routes.”
The report continues, stating that data from Vertexa shows that Asian countries, except for China, have faced a decline in imports.
Ioannis Papadimitriou, Senior Freight Analyst at Vertexa, says: If this situation continues for too long, we will see a reduction in cargo that cannot be compensated for anywhere else. This is the point where we can see real damage to cargo, real damage to the shipping industry.