President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is open and that millions of barrels of oil are moving safely through the strategic waterway every day despite the war with Iran. But maritime tracking data suggests that while oil is flowing, it is nowhere near the levels seen before the conflict began.
A new Washington Post report highlights significant differences between figures cited by the Trump administration and estimates from commercial shipping trackers attempting to measure traffic through one of the world's most important energy chokepoints.
