Only three commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the fewest daily transits since May, according to shipping data.
Most ships halted or made U-turns after recent Iranian attacks on vessels and the resumption of a US blockade on Iran-related shipping.
Miraan, a sanctioned product tanker carrying fuel oil, and Norita, a small vessel carrying liquefied petroleum gas, exited the strait on Thursday via the Iranian route but stopped at the Gulf of Oman, where the US blockade is, Kpler data showed as of 05:13 GMT on Friday.
Arolia, a bunkering tanker laden with Iraqi fuel oil that is used to refuel vessels at sea, made a U-turn to head back into the Gulf hours after it exited earlier on Friday, LSEG data showed.
