Overview
StraitMonitor.com is an independent real-time monitoring dashboard tracking the Hormuz crisis through AIS data, insurance premium feeds, and transit counts. It is one of the few public resources providing near-real-time visibility into actual shipping flows through the Strait — as opposed to institutional forecasts which lag by days to weeks.
Key Metrics Tracked
Based on available search data and site metadata, StraitMonitor tracks:
- Real-time ship transit counts through the Strait of Hormuz
- Stranded vessel counts (estimated at 1,550+ vessels as of early May 2026)
- Global trade impact — rerouting costs, Cape of Good Hope alternative corridor volumes
- Insurance premium (war risk) for Gulf transits
- Oil price (spot and futures, updated hourly)
- Crisis timeline — political and military developments affecting transit status
Relevance to Q1/Q2/Q3
StraitMonitor is the most current data source in this KB for physical flow signals. It should be checked daily for updates to: transit counts, insurance premium spikes, and stranded vessel numbers. Its data provides the ground-truth check against institutional forecasts, which are typically published weekly.
Caveats
The site is an independent project, not an official data source. Methodology for transit counts and stranded vessel estimates should be independently verified against IEA and Reuters AIS data where possible. Treat as operational intelligence, not primary research.