The question
How many ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz today?
The answer
34
34 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on JUL 5. That is 39% of the ~88/day pre-crisis typical, per IMF PortWatch (chokepoint6 dataset). The strait has been effectively closed to commercial shipping for 135 days.
What “normal” looks like.
Peacetime throughput averaged roughly 88 commercial vessels per day, per the IMF PortWatch chokepoint6 dataset. Lloyd’s List cites a comparable figure: an average of more than 3,000 vessels transiting each month.
The pre-crisis median is computed from the 335 PortWatch records dated before the 28 February 2026 closure declaration. A 30-day rolling baseline would collapse to match the disrupted state as soon as the closure outlasted the window, meaning the reading would silently flip back toward “normal” while the strait remained closed. The pre-crisis anchor is the right reference for a sustained-crisis dashboard.
IMF PortWatch publishes weekly, on Tuesdays, and the underlying count carries a roughly two-day lag, so the newest record is several days old by design. The number above reflects the most recent publication; the next reading appears when PortWatch posts it. The AIS overlay on the homepage is live, but is best-effort and biased low: many vessels turn off AIS or fall out of receiver range during wartime.
What changed in the last 24 hours.
Machine-tracked · not editorialised- 01
Brent up 3.4% in 24h
- 02
Brent at $84.58, up 7.1% over 24h
Frequently asked.
FAQHow many ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz today?
34 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on JUL 5. That is 39% of the ~88/day pre-crisis typical, per IMF PortWatch (chokepoint6 dataset). The strait has been effectively closed to commercial shipping for 135 days.
What is the normal daily transit count for the Strait of Hormuz?
Roughly 88 commercial vessels per day in peacetime, per the IMF PortWatch chokepoint dataset. The pre-crisis median is computed from the 335 PortWatch records dated before the 28 February 2026 closure declaration, a stable reference that does not silently collapse to match a sustained disruption.
Where does the transit count come from?
Daily counts come from IMF PortWatch, an IMF / Oxford / UN Global Pulse collaboration that processes global AIS signals from roughly 90,000 ships. Methodology, refresh cadence, and known limitations are documented at straits.live/methodology.
How fresh is this reading?
Verified 5m ago (as of 14 JUL 2026 · 0320Z). IMF PortWatch publishes weekly (Tuesdays), and the data itself carries a roughly two-day lag, so its newest record is several days old by design; the AIS overlay updates every few minutes when the feed is healthy.
Cite this page
Strait of Hormuz daily commercial transit count versus the pre-crisis baseline per IMF PortWatch (chokepoint6 dataset), as surfaced by straits.live. Source: https://straits.live/today