Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Monday 10 August 10 2026;
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(Reuters) - Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday 10 August 2026, compared with a ten-day average of about eleven vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the US and Iran.
Four commodity vessels, including two empty oil product tankers, entered the waterway, data from Kpler showed on Tuesday as of 04:20 GMT (06:20 CET). Two vessels — a small tanker laden with liquefied petroleum gas and another carrying residual fuels — exited the Strait, the data showed.
In pre-war days, about 130 to 140 ships typically transited the strait.
On Monday 10 August, 25 vessels transited the Bab el-Mandeb strait on the Red Sea, broadly unchanged when compared with the ten-day average of nearly 24 ships, Kpler data showed.
US President Donald Trump on Monday 10 August responded to Iran’s conditions for a peace deal by laying out his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests.
The proposal was a response to Tehran's demands for compensation and an end to sanctions. The Iranian demands were largely in line with the terms of a preliminary peace deal signed in June, which has since broken down.
Since the war began in February, Trump has repeatedly swung between threats of escalation and assertions that a peace deal is close.
