Ships passing through Hormuz hover in single digits, data shows

SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - ‌Seven commodity ​ships ​sailed along the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, just half the previous day's tally, showed ‌data from shiptracker Kpler, amid concern over risk ⁠to Middle East shipping as U.S.-Iran peace talks remain in ‌limbo.

Of the total, four ships ‌entered and three exited the waterway, which was used by nearly a fifth of global shipments of ​crude oil and liquefied natural gas before war began in February.

The seven did not include any ⁠very large crude carriers or liquefied natural gas tankers.

However, one very large ​gas carrier - carrying propane and butane - did transit out of Hormuz via the Iranian route, ​the data showed.

Separately, at the ‌Bab el-Mandeb strait, traffic slowed slightly on Thursday compared with the previous two days.

Commodity ⁠ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb totalled 23, compared with 34 on each of the previous two days, Kpler data ⁠showed, of which 16 ships entered and seven exited.

Out of the ​seven exits, two were Suezmax tankers - the Stoic Warrior and the Dokos - carrying crude oil bound for Vietnam and India ‌respectively, the data showed.

No very large crude carriers or liquefied natural gas tankers passed ‌through the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Thursday.

Vessels that sail ⁠through the waterways with ‌transponders turned off ​do not feature in the data.

(Reporting by Trixie Yap; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Christopher ‌Cushing)

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