LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – In the last 24 hours, at least seven ships, mostly dry bulk vessels, have passed through the Strait of Hormuz. This comes amid reduced shipping activity in recent days, while negotiations between Iran and the United States have stalled.

The ships included those leaving from Iraqi ports and one dry bulk vessel departing from an Iranian port, according to shipping data from Kpler and satellite analysis from SynMax.

Traffic through this vital waterway, which leads into the Gulf, during an uneasy ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, is much lower than the average of 140 daily crossings that occurred before the Iran war began on February 28.

Since the blockade was implemented on Iran on April 13, the U.S. Central Command has redirected 37 vessels, according to a military statement from April 25.

Recent satellite analysis from TankerTrackers.com indicates that six Iranian tankers have returned to Iranian ports after carrying about 10.5 million barrels of oil through Hormuz.

Additionally, around four million barrels of Iranian oil were transported via tankers that passed through the U.S. blockade on April 24, based on separate satellite analysis from TankerTrackers.com.