The MarineTraffic tracker showed vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz after the US and Iran released the text of an interim agreement to end their war, lifting the US naval blockade that had shut the strait for more than 100 days

BAB EL-MANDEB MOVED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. CROSSINGS RECOVERED 9.7% TO 248 AND LADEN TRAFFIC ROSE FROM 103 TO 109. DARK TRANSITS HELD NEAR 23 AND TSS ADHERENCE REMAINED AROUND 91%. THE DATA POINTS TO GROWING PRESSURE ON GULF SHIPPING, WHILE RED SEA TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO SHOW GREATER OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE. - MARINETRAFFIC

TRAFFIC DIVERGES ACROSS CHOKEPOINTS: MARITIME TRAFFIC TRENDS DIVERGED SHARPLY ACROSS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND BAB EL-MANDEB. HORMUZ CROSSINGS FELL 28% TO 77, WITH LADEN VOYAGES DECLINING FROM 45 TO 33. SANCTIONED AND SHADOW FLEET CROSSINGS DROPPED FROM 50 TO 23, WHILE 40 TRANSITS REMAINED ROUTE UNDETERMINED AND 32 USED IRAN’S UNILATERAL SCHEME. - MARINETRAFFIC

The US military launched more strikes on Iranian sites around the Strait of Hormuz, saying they came in response to "continued Iranian aggression." Back-and-forth developments in the key waterway are casting further strain on the initial US-Iran agreement, which outlined plans to restore normal marine traffic in the strait.