Shipping data revealed a lull in activity over the last few days. However, the talks between Iran and the United States are still stalled.

According to data from Kpler, and a separate satellite analysis by 'data analytics specialists SynMax', the vessels were mainly dry bulk?vessels leaving Iranian ports and ships from Iraqi ports.

The shipping traffic that passes through the 'crucial waterway' at the entrance to the Gulf during the uneasy ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is a fraction of what it was before the Iran war began on February 28. Reporting by Jonathan Saul, Editing by David Goodman

(source: Reuters)