EXCLUSIVE: Over 210 Tankers and Ships Anchored Outside Strait of Hormuz – Experiencing AIS Transponder Interference

Bottlenecked ships anchored outside Straight of Hormuz.

Ships travel the seas using the Automatic Identification System (AIS). It’s a satellite tracking system that uses transponders to continuously broadcast a ship’s location, type, length, and so on. Currently, over 210 tankers and container ships are anchored outside the Strait of Hormuz.

Through this waterway choke point (Hormuz) flows 20% of the global oil, along with large volumes of LNG (Liquefied natural gas). The Strait is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point.