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Iran has not identified the ships or produced evidence showing that 19 vessels were struck.\n\n\n\nThe new UKMTO report confirms at least one vessel was hit during that period \u2014 and that the incident did not enter the public reporting system until later.\n\n\n\nThat does not validate Iran\u2019s claim. But it highlights a growing problem for shipowners, insurers and analysts trying to understand what is happening in Hormuz:\u00a0the public incident record is incomplete.\n\n\n\nA Voluntary System\n\n\n\nUKMTO remains one of the shipping industry\u2019s most important maritime security sources, but its reporting system is voluntary.\n\n\n\nUnder the\u00a0UKMTO Voluntary Reporting Scheme, vessels are strongly encouraged to register voyages, submit daily position reports and report security incidents. UKMTO itself warns that ships choosing not to participate may delay military assistance because authorities may not know they are there.\n\n\n\nRecent alerts show how information can arrive well after an incident.\n\n\n\nAn attack on Sept. 16 was not publicly reported until Sept. 18, when UKMTO described it as a \u201cverified, time-late report.\u201d Other September incidents have also been reported after the fact, including one involving an LPG tanker and another vessel strike reported Sept. 15.\n\n\n\nThere\u00a0is\u00a0evidence\u00a0that\u00a0individual\u00a0operators\u00a0have\u00a0a\u00a0broader\u00a0picture\u00a0than\u00a0the\u00a0public\u00a0alerts\u00a0suggest.\u00a0In\u00a0August,\u00a0ADNOC\u00a0said\u00a015\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0vessels\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0targeted\u00a0by\u00a0missiles\u00a0or\u00a0drones\u00a0since\u00a0the\u00a0conflict\u00a0began,\u00a0leaving\u00a0one\u00a0crew\u00a0member\u00a0dead\u00a0and\u00a020\u00a0injured.\u00a0Because\u00a0UKMTO\u00a0reports\u00a0often\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0identify\u00a0the\u00a0vessels\u00a0involved,\u00a0reconciling\u00a0company\u00a0totals\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0public\u00a0incident\u00a0list\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0difficult.\n\n\n\nAnalyst Brett Erickson, who has been tracking the attacks, argues that additional recent strikes may still be missing from public reporting and suggested the latest incident may only have surfaced after being detected through satellite imagery. 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Reuters reported last week that some ships operating without active tracking systems are not captured in public transit counts.\u00a0Recent Kpler and vessel-tracking data\u00a0put average traffic at roughly 18 vessels per day, compared with around 125 large commercial vessels per day before the conflict.\n\n\n\nThat is especially important when assessing\u00a0Project Freedom, the U.S.-coordinated effort to keep commercial shipping moving.\n\n\n\nU.S. Central Command began supporting the operation May 4 with destroyers, more than 100 aircraft, unmanned systems and roughly 15,000 personnel. CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said the United States had \u201cassumed the risk\u201d of opening a commercial passage through the strait.\n\n\n\nMuch of that operation happens outside public view. 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