Ras Tanura
62% of normal port calls
Is the Strait of Hormuz open right now? Only partly. The strait is restricted
Severely restrictedAIS-visible commercial traffic is about 7% of normal: 6.0 a day over the past week, against 84.8 before the crisis. Ships are crossing under US naval coordination; Iran claims control and requires transit permits; the official threat level is severe.
Severely restrictedRestrictedPartially openNear normal
Share of pre-crisis commercial traffic (7-day average vs 84.8 transits a day). The label also weighs the official threat level and whether a closure is declared: the rule.
How traffic collapsed, day by day
Traffic data →Ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz each day since December 2025, against the pre-crisis average.
Daily transits (IMF PortWatch)
PortWatch 7-day average
hormuz.now 7-day average
Pre-crisis average
Sources: IMF PortWatch daily transit calls (satellite AIS); hormuz.now crossings of our counting line (commercial ships ≥80 m). AIS-visible traffic only.
Latest crossings
All crossings →- PSL EAGLEContainer Ship · Comoros → Outbound
- MUSIKOil Products Tanker · Bahamas ← Inbound
- AL FALAHCrude Oil Tanker · Liberia → Outbound
- SIANBulk Carrier · Antigua and Barbuda ← Inbound
- RUDRAOil/Chemical Tanker · Palau ← Inbound
- NANCYGeneral Cargo · Gambia ← Inbound
- MSV AL REHMAT 1400Cargo · India → Outbound
- NEW FUTUREOil Products Tanker · Marshall Islands → Outbound
What's happening
Updates →- 29 Sep · diplomacyQatar-mediated talks continue in New York; Iran says it is awaiting a US reply to an amended proposal. IRNA via GlobalSecurity
- 28 Sep · energyQatarEnergy extends LNG force majeure through November and into early December as the disruption threatens winter supply. The National
- 28 Sep · tollIran's blacklist of ships that used the US-coordinated corridor or did not pay its toll grows to 81 vessels. Windward
- 27 Sep · securityJMIC keeps the regional maritime threat level at SEVERE (Advisory Update 100). UKMTO / JMIC
- 26 Sep · diplomacyPresident Trump rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the strait, saying it "would not be acceptable". NPR
- 25 Sep · militaryCENTCOM says the blockade of Iranian ports has redirected 122 commercial vessels. CBS News
Context last reviewed 29 September 2026.
Where ships are waiting
Ships page →662
commercial ships stationary in the region
37.6m t deadweight
19
ships near the strait with AIS silent 6+ h
switched off, jammed or out of range
| Anchorage | Waiting | Median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Elsewhere in the regionGulf of Oman side | 253 | 29 h |
| Fujairah anchorageGulf of Oman side | 190 | 16 h |
| SoharGulf of Oman side | 68 | 32 h |
| Khor FakkanGulf of Oman side | 44 | 14 h |
| Sharjah / AjmanPersian Gulf side | 32 | 14 h |
| Bandar AbbasPersian Gulf side | 25 | 2.2 days |
Waiting times are counted since 19 October 2026, when tracking began, so long waits are shown as "at least".
Energy: tankers through the strait
Oil & LNG →Tanker deadweight tonnage crossing the Strait of Hormuz per day (million tonnes), last 120 days.
7-day averagePre-crisis average
Source: IMF PortWatch (carrying capacity of tankers transiting, not cargo carried).
0
LNG and LPG carriers crossed in 7 days
5 LNG carriers in the region now
11
tankers crossed in 7 days
389 large tankers in the region, 45 of them VLCCs
Oil and products through Hormuz: 13.1 million barrels a day in the latest week, just under 80% of the 17.1 mb/d pre-war level (CNN (Kpler data), 29 Sep)
Gulf ports: who is still shipping
All 25 ports →Port calls in the last 30 days of IMF PortWatch data as a share of the year before the crisis. Bars show weekly calls; the dashed line is the pre-crisis weekly average.
Ras Laffan
24% of normal port calls
Mina al Ahmadi
0% of normal port calls
Jebel Ali
19% of normal port calls
Fujairah
74% of normal port calls
Yanbu (King Fahd Port)
5% of normal port calls
What ships are broadcasting
Details →Crews type a destination into their AIS transponder. In this crisis many use it to send messages instead, like the crew's nationality or that armed guards are on board. Right now, among commercial ships in the region:
11
Crew or owner nationality broadcast
2
Armed guards declared
28
Awaiting orders
46
Waiting outside port limits
Why Hormuz matters
About 20.9 million barrels of oil a day crossed the strait in the first half of 2025, roughly a fifth of world oil consumption and a quarter of seaborne oil trade, most of it bound for Asia (EIA). About a fifth of global LNG trade, mostly from Qatar, also passes through.
At its narrowest the strait is 21 nautical miles (39 km) wide, with shipping lanes just two miles wide in each direction. See the map.
Quick answers
All questions →Is the Strait of Hormuz open right now?
As of 25 October 2026, 21:48 UTC, hormuz.now's live status for the Strait of Hormuz is Restricted. AIS-visible commercial traffic is about 7% of normal: 6.0 a day over the past week, against 84.8 before the crisis. Ships are crossing under US naval coordination; Iran claims control and requires transit permits; the official threat level is severe.
The label is computed from live AIS ship positions using a published rule; an editor can pin it only for an official declaration or a data outage, and a pinned status carries a visible note. The traffic page lists every crossing.
How long has the Strait of Hormuz been closed?
Today is day 240 of the crisis, counting 28 February 2026, when US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, as day 1. The IRGC officially confirmed the closure on 2 March 2026, which is why some trackers show a count two days lower. Traffic has not returned to normal since: the busiest month since the war began, June 2026, averaged 12.9 AIS-visible transits a day on IMF PortWatch's count, against 84.8 a day in the year before the war. Our live status is currently Restricted, and the timeline lists the key events.
Why is the Strait of Hormuz closed?
The disruption began on 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and Iran declared the strait closed to “hostile” shipping; attacks on merchant ships started on 1 March, and the IRGC confirmed the closure on 2 March. The Islamabad Memorandum of 17 June brought a partial reopening, but the ceasefire collapsed on 8 July and the US reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports from 14 July. Iran links a full reopening to the US lifting that blockade, waiving oil sanctions and releasing frozen funds. Our live status is currently Restricted, and the timeline has every dated event.
When will the Strait of Hormuz reopen?
There is no agreed date. Iran's foreign minister outlined a seven-day plan at the UN in New York on 24–25 September 2026: the US would lift its blockade, waive oil sanctions and release frozen funds, and the strait would reopen with talks starting within seven days. President Trump rejected it on 26 September, saying the deal “would not be acceptable”. Qatar held separate talks with both sides in New York on 28–29 September, and on 29 September Iran said it was awaiting a US reply to an amended proposal. Follow the reopening talks and our live status.
How many ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz today?
AIS-visible commercial crossings so far today (UTC): 4. In the last 24 hours: 5, of which 3 inbound (westbound, into the Gulf) and 2 outbound (eastbound, to the Gulf of Oman). The most recent crossing we detected was PSL EAGLE, outbound, 14 hours ago. We count cargo ships and tankers of at least 80 m with AIS switched on, so ships running dark are missed; the traffic page lists every crossing.
Live AIS data as of · 1,467 vessels visible in the region. Counts are AIS-visible only and miss ships running dark. How we count.