Thursday, March 19, 2026

Where are traffic lanes on the Strait of Hormuz?

 Have you ever wondered where the traffic lanes are on strait of Hormuz and how they stand with respect to the Oman and Iranian coastlines. We have an interactive nautical chart viewer that clearly shows these details for Strait of Hormuz. Here is a link to the online chart that displays these details.


In the chart,
  • The arrow signs show where the lanes area
  • The pink area between the lanes is the traffic separation zone.
  • The entire area taken together is inside  the traffic separation scheme boundary (the pink dotted line)
 Here is an annotated image for the same.