Monday ship traffic through Strait of Hormuz highest since start of war: monitor

A record 36 commodity carriers navigated the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a significant uptick following a US-Iran memorandum to end the Middle East war. This surge, nearing a third of normal peacetime traffic, follows Iran's earlier closure of the vital waterway. Despite a recent reopening, Iran's assertion of administering the strait remains a key point of contention in ongoing talks.