Regional Ship Incidents Reach 125 as Hormuz Transits Stay Depressed

Confirmed maritime incidents across the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman reached 125 by Monday, Nov. 2, while a recent seven-day count showed Strait transits still about 70% below pre-conflict levels.

The cumulative tally included 24 confirmed seafarer fatalities. It was 100 on Oct. 9, when high-risk Hormuz voyages drove premium pay for tanker crews. The regional total covers more than October alone.

Noam Raydan, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, counted 28 confirmed and reported attacks in October through Oct. 23 in the Strait and surrounding waterways. “October has seen the highest number of ship attacks on record,” Raydan said. That record description applies to her tracking series and its cutoff; the count does not establish a full-month record across tracking systems.

There were 277 transits from Oct. 22 through Wednesday, Oct. 28: 155 inbound and 122 outbound. The count combines AIS-derived traffic with U.S.-stated facilitated transits, which were not independently verified.