6 Ships Cross Hormuz, Down From 140 In Pre-War Days Amid US-Iran Deadlock

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the US and Iran.Four commodity vessels, including two empty oil product tankers, entered the waterway, data from Kpler showed on Tuesday as of 0420 GMT. Two vessels - a small tanker laden with liquefied petroleum gas and another carrying residual fuels - exited the Strait, the data showed.In pre-war days, about 130 to 140 ships typically transited the strait.On Monday, 25 vessels transited the Bab el-Mandeb strait on the Red Sea, broadly unchanged when compared with the 10-day average of nearly 24 ships, Kpler data showed.US President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran's conditions for a peace deal by laying out his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests.The proposal was a response to Tehran's demands for compensation and an end to sanctions. The Iranian demands were largely in line with the terms of a preliminary peace deal signed in June, which has since broken down.Since the war began in February, Trump has repeatedly swung between threats of escalation and assertions that a peace deal is close.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)