Ships have begun passing through the Strait of Hormuz again after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. On Tuesday (7 April), Donald Trump announced that attacks will be temporarily paused as Iran agreed to reopen the crucial Gulf shipping route. Data from Marine Traffic shows vessels resuming travel through the waterway. The ship tracking service said that the Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth crossed the Strait at 08:44 UTC, while the Liberia-flagged Daytona Beach transited earlier at 06:59 UTC. It added that hundreds of vessels remain in the region, including 426 tankers, 34 LPG carriers, and 19 LNG vessels.

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Most stranded oil and gas tankers remained inside the Gulf, LSEG shipping data showed.

MarineTraffic web service reported said that several hundred ships are still present in the Persian Gulf now, including 426 tankers

A Greek-owned bulk carrier and a Liberian-flagged vessel became the first two ships to pass through the Strait since Wednesday's ceasefire, per maritime tracker MarineTraffic.

Ships have begun passing through the Strait of Hormuz again after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. On Tuesday (7 April), Donald Trump announced that attacks will be…

Iran is reportedly planning to demand that shipping firms pay tolls in cryptocurrency to let their oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

Just three vessels have transited the critical waterway since the ceasefire was announced