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Strait of Hormuz Vessel Risk Screen
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Strait of Hormuz Vessel Risk Screen is a paid API for AI agents from straits.live, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a live risk-screened manifest of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, classified by sanction and AIS-dark band, with aggregate counts updated every 5 minutes.
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Effectively no, it is closed to commercial shipping as of 13 July 2026. 34 ships transited vs ~88/day normal. Brent $81.10. Updated every 5 minutes.
Output
A JSON object containing: (1) counts broken down by risk band (low, moderate, high, dark, spoofed, sanctioned, total); (2) a health object with AIS source status and trust indicator; (3) an array of flagged vessels (or all vessels if requested), each with IMO, MMSI, name, flag state, risk band, sanction reasons, and sanctioning bodies; (4) a schema URL and vessels-include descriptor.
Example use cases
Sanctions compliance check for tanker fleet
“Screen all vessels currently in the Strait of Hormuz for OFAC or UK sanctions exposure and give me a breakdown of how many are in the high, moderate, and low risk bands right now.”
Dark AIS anomaly alert for trade desk
“Check the Hormuz risk screen right now and tell me how many ships are running dark on AIS — I want to know if anything looks unusual compared to normal traffic levels.”
Geopolitical risk briefing for energy traders
“Give me the current Hormuz vessel risk snapshot — total ships transiting, how many are sanctioned or spoofing AIS, and whether the AIS data feed is healthy.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://straits.live/api/premium/hormuz/risk-screenWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, machine-readable, up-to-the-minute risk classification of individual vessels in the Strait of Hormuz — especially for sanctions screening (OFAC, UK), AIS-dark detection, and AIS spoofing flags. Prefer it over news or summary endpoints when you need per-vessel IMO/MMSI-level detail for compliance workflows, trade desk alerts, or automated risk triggers. It is updated every 5 minutes, making it suitable for near-real-time monitoring pipelines.
Side effects
- Payment required (402) if x402 micropayment header is missing or invalid
- AIS feed degraded — health.trusted may be false with a note explaining the issue
- Empty vessel array if no vessels match the filter criteria
- Rate limiting or upstream AIS data delay causing stale counts
- Invalid query param value for 'all' field returning 400 error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"counts": {
"low": 190,
"dark": 11,
"high": 6,
"total": 214,
"spoofed": 2,
"moderate": 18,
"sanctioned": 9
},
"health": {
"note": null,
"trusted": true,
"aisSource": "live"
},
"schema": "https://straits.live/api/premium/hormuz/risk-screen",
"vessels": [
{
"imo": "9562233",
"band": "high",
"flag": "Panama",
"mmsi": "636092123",
"name": "Petrel 8",
"reasons": [
"ofac_sdn",
"ais_dark"
],
"sanctionedBy": [
"ofac",
"uk"
]
}
],
"vesselsInclude": "flagged"
}
}Tags
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