SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Six commodity vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from nine a day earlier and below the 10-day average of about 12, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.The figures exclude any vessels that might have crossed the strait with their Automatic Identification System transponders turned off to avoid detection.Of the six vessels, five were entering and one was exiting, initial data from shiptracker Kpler showed at 0200 GMT. They included one Panamax and one intermediate tanker.

SINGAPORE — An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz per day over the past 10 days, the lowest since May, according to shipp...

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May, Kpler data show, even as the US Navy has said it has been escorting significantly more…