• Iran rejects claim, says waterway remains blocked until conditions are met

•Only eight vessels transited on Tuesday, down from 130 daily before war

• Six killed as Houthis strike ship in Bab el- Mandeb strait

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

US President Donald Trump yesterday claimed that the United States has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, as shipping traffic through the strategic waterway fell to its lowest level in a week amid the continuing war with Iran.