US Secretary of State Marco Rubio passes a US flag to a Marine during a flag raising ceremony at the US embassy amid his visit to the Middle East to discuss the interim deal between the US and Iran with Arab Gulf allies, in Kuwait City.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued to improve compared to pre-US and Iran agreement levels on Tuesday, with some ships crossing through a new IMO evacuation route, tracking data showed.
As of 1500 GMT on Wednesday, maritime tracking firm Kpler recorded 25 transits by commodity ships on Tuesday, and 17 so far on Wednesday.
Total figures are likely to rise further, as crossings are identified retrospectively, notably through satellite imagery.
Tuesday's crossings fall short of the 38 commodities transits detected on Monday, the highest amount since the Strait of Hormuz was closed down by Iran on March 1 at the start of the Middle East war.
