The Strait of Hormuz is not closed to all shipping, but commercial traffic is running at roughly one-tenth of pre-crisis levels and attacks on vessels have continued into this week, according to maritime tracking services and agency reports.

Live AIS monitoring by hormuz.now showed the status as "Restricted" on Oct. 13, day 228 of the crisis. AIS-visible commercial crossings averaged 8.4 a day over the past week, against 84.8 before the crisis began. In the most recent 24-hour period the service recorded three crossings. IMF PortWatch satellite data, which lags by several days, recorded even lower tanker numbers in early October. Some ships sail with transponders off, so all counts understate total movement.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency issued reports covering six vessels struck on Oct. 11 — five tankers and a container ship — with additional strikes reported on subsequent days. Two outbound tankers were hit by projectiles........

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