Marine traffic at Strait of Hormuz starts to ease after ceasefire

Tehran, April 8 -- Two vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after Iran reopened the crucial waterway under a ceasefire arrangement, maritime tracking firm MarineTraffic said.

"The Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth crossed the strait at 08:44 UTC, while the Liberia-flagged Daytona Beach passed earlier at 06:59 UTC after departing Bandar Abbas at 05:28 UTC," the firm said in a post on X.

Tehran and Washington have both agreed to facilitate the movement of shipments through the strait, offering relief to global trade.

Over 800 vessels of major shipping companies and tanker operators are currently stranded in the Persian Gulf, and the ceasefire has provided an essential pathway for their free exit as the risk of attack has dim...