All vessels transiting Hormuz Strait use Iranian-designated corridor, shun US-backed route: Report
All vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz over the past three days have used the corridor designated by Tehran, with no ship using a US-promoted route near Oman’s coast, according to data by maritime intelligence firm Marisks.
The group announced on Monday that 78 vessels, including 20 Iranian-flagged, have been observed crossing the Strait of Hormuz since Saturday, CNN reported.
It said all 58 non-Iranian vessels transiting the strategic waterway used the Iranian-designated corridor, while none were recorded using the southern route promoted by the US military as an alternative shipping lane.
According to the report, the latest Automatic Identification System (AIS) data showed that “all detected non-Iranian merchant traffic continued to favor the Iranian-controlled northern route, despite the political and sanctions implications.”
“The only movements near the southern side are local UAE craft and offshore support vessels rather than international merchant transits,” Marisks added.
A separate maritime intelligence company, Windward, also reported on Monday that only seven vessels transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, all of which took place via the northern passage.
The findings come as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has repeatedly warned that it would intercept ships attempting to navigate the strait without Tehran's consent.
In an interview with the Iran daily published on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States deliberately violated the Iran-US memorandum of understanding by opening an alternative shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz and steering vessels away from corridors designated by Tehran.
Araghchi said Article 5 of the Islamabad memorandum was quite clear and contains no ambiguity. Still, the issue went beyond a mere “misunderstanding.”
Citing an informed source, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported on Monday that Iranian forces had redirected ships trying to use the "illegal and unsafe route" through the southern section of the Strait of Hormuz.
They “attempted to pass through an illegal and unsafe route south of the Strait of Hormuz,” IRIB said.
Meanwhile, amid the US blockade of Iranian ports, Windward maritime data showed that 24 tankers were waiting at Iran’s main oil-loading terminal on Kharg Island on Sunday, up from 21 the day before.
Earlier on Monday, a report said Iran continues to exert “decisive” control over the Strait of Hormuz, citing Iranian forces’ most recent successful confrontation against six trespassing vessels.
“As previously announced, the designated shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz is the only authorized route,” the IRIB news agency reported, citing an informed source.
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