Data from Kpler, an analytics firm, showed that eight commercial vessels had crossed the Strait of Hormuz as of 18:00 GMT on Friday compared with five vessels the previous day.
Kpler said that “markets have responded with cautious optimism” to the announced reopening of the strait by both the US and Iran, but warned that underlying supply dynamics remain tight, and a “full normalization in trade and confidence is likely to take months, not weeks.”
Trump said the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open and that the US blockade against Iranian ports will continue.
Early on Saturday morning, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, who has been leading negotiations for Tehran, said the strait “will not remain open” if the US blockade of Iranian ports continues.
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Three more cruise ships have begun heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, following Celestyal Discovery, which successfully transited the strait on April 17.
ReplyDeleteThis leaves only two vessels in ports out of six that have been stranded in the Persian Gulf since early March due to the escalation of the conflict in the region, TASS found based on vessel tracking data.
The cruise ships Celestyal Journey, Mein Schiff 5 and MSC Euribia have raised their anchors and are heading toward the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, MSC Euribia lists Oman’s Muscat as its port of destination in its voyage documentation, while the ships Celestyal Journey and Mein Schiff 5 list the Omani port of Khasab, located at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. However, it is possible that like the earlier departing Celestyal Discovery, they may skip that port, and proceed directly through the strait and request entry to the port of Muscat.