Commodity vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz dwindled to ​just three ships on Wednesday, down from ‌12 a day earlier and well below the 10-day average of about 17, preliminary ship-tracking data showed on Thursday.

Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, that the ​figures exclude any vessels that might have ​passed through the waterway with their Automatic Identification ⁠System transponders turned off to avoid detection.

Of ​the three vessels, an empty Supramax dry bulk ship ​entered the strait via the Iranian route, while an empty petroleum product tanker entered through a dark route, shipping data ​from Kpler showed at 0445 GMT.