“While these transits can be observed once vessels reappear after crossing, the nature of dark routing makes it highly difficult to determine what proportion may also have used the Omani route or to confirm their precise routing from the available data,”

Mohamed Rafik Halitim · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20

Mohamed Rafik Halitim discusses the difficulty of tracking ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz due to dark routing.