Six commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. This number was down from eleven the previous day. The daily average for the past ten days stood around thirteen vessels. Data showed two gas carriers and two tankers among those transiting. Some ships may switch off transponders during their voyages.

On Friday, 14 vessels passed the strait including a very large crude carrier laden with 2 million barrels of Qatari oil that exited with its transponder switched off.

SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The number of vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz was little changed on Monday compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary…