Strait of Hormuz Live Tracker – Maritime Traffic & Shipping Updates

Positions come from Automatic Identification System (AIS) broadcasts supplied by a licensed data provider and are refreshed on a schedule shown next to each statistic. Depending on receiver coverage and provider latency, a position may be several minutes old. The status badge tells you whether data is connected, delayed or unavailable.

A vessel will not appear if it is outside our monitoring area, is not transmitting AIS, is transmitting on a channel our provider does not receive, or if its signal has not reached a terrestrial or satellite receiver recently. Military and some government vessels often do not broadcast AIS.

Independent estimates typically put the figure in the dozens of large commercial transits per day, with tankers making up a large share. Our “observed crossings” figure counts only vessels we actually detected crossing a reference line in the last 24 hours, so it is a floor, not an official total.

Amber markers are tankers, teal markers are cargo ships, purple are passenger vessels, blue are tugs and service craft, green are fishing vessels and grey are other or unknown types. Moving vessels are shown as arrows pointing along their course; stationary vessels as circles.

No. AIS-derived information can be incomplete, delayed or incorrect and must never be used for navigation, collision avoidance or any safety-critical decision.

Contextual figures in our articles are drawn from publicly available sources such as the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the International Energy Agency and port authorities, and each article lists its sources. Live counts come solely from AIS observations.

News articles carry a publication date and, when revised, a last-updated date. Educational articles are reviewed periodically; the review date is shown on each page.

Use the Contact page. Corrections are logged and significant changes are noted at the bottom of the affected article in line with our Editorial Policy.