Here is a node.js script for you which will fetch the data and save it to the file:

  import fs from 'fs'
  import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-extra'
  import StealthPlugin from 'puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth'
  puppeteer.use(StealthPlugin())

  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();

  async function fetchCoords(x, y, z = 8, station = 0) {
    await  page.goto(`https://www.marinetraffic.com/getData/get_data_json_4/z:${z}/X:${x}/Y:${y}/station:${station}`);

    const jsonRaw = await page.evaluate(() => document.body.innerText);

    const json = JSON.parse(jsonRaw)

    return json
  }

  const data8353 = await fetchCoords(83, 53)

  const data8453 = await fetchCoords(84, 53)

  const data8354 = await fetchCoords(83, 54)

  const data8454 = await fetchCoords(84, 54)

  const fullData = { ...data8353, ...data8453, ...data8354, ...data8454 }

  fs.writeFileSync('data.json', JSON.stringify(fullData, null, 2))

  console.log('done!')

  process.exit(0)

> "Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire."

If they really will start doing so for all shipping, that would be odd since the straight itself is in Oman's territorial waters. Even so, the UNCLOS convention (2) requires free transit:

> Article 44 > Duties of States bordering straits > > States bordering straits shall not hamper transit passage and shall give appropriate publicity to any danger to navigation or overflight within or over the strait of which they have knowledge. There shall be no suspension of transit passage.

It would be unprecedented and unlawful, but I guess previous actions of Israel, the US and Iran have shown our world is beyond adhering to laws and agreements now.

(1) https://www.ft.com/content/02aefac4-ea62-48db-9326-c0da373b1... (2) United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unc...

Great bit of topical datavis here.

On the note of Ai agent getting the data for you, could you not just build a chrome extention that intercepts/read the api response and then uploads it to whatever ingest endpoint you have? You could probably just call their api end points they use on the page as well but not sure what protections they have so might be a bit tricky. A custom chrome extention could do it though if they have protections.

Let's not condone "measurements" that are effectively ways for people to gain money on important political decisions, affecting the lives of many people.

(1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397822

Moving to a topographic view, it becomes clear the neck of land at "two seas view" is narrow, but tall. It would literally be moving a mountain.

Panamax and suezmax boats are smaller than ULCC supertankers.

Ferdinand De Lesseps time has passed. This would be ruinously expensive. Better to negotiate with rational intent.

Also, given how markets and news cycles are moved with words not actions these days, I really like this site.

There are still so many misaligned interests; this is a much tougher situation that may get some local stability for a period, but will likely return to chaos again.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/terms

There is also this one- https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/

What's the threshold function? Do you have graduating `No --> Partially --> Mostly --> Open`?

Also what's the update cadence?

> In an attempt to evade detection, many ships appear to be deliberately switching off their tracking system - known as AIS (Automatic Identification System). https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4geg0eeyjeo

France's Macron actually just commented on this: https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2041990505760772551

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

https://www.vesselfinder.com/?p=OMKHS001 (click on map, zoom out). At this moment ~18 ships transiting. Not sure what the normal capacity is, and I think it's probably a bit more than this ... but it's at least mostly open.

And wtf is a _fishing_ ship from Panama doing in the middle of the straight?

It’s very well possible that the straight is safe, but the vessels are unnecessarily cautious.

So, it could be that:

* Iran is lying and that has not actually been an option.

* A lot of the ships which would otherwise have transitioned are involved with the war somehow.

* The relevant parties have decided not to coordinate transitions with Iran, for various reasons

* The data displayed at the link is partial for some reason.

The "Israel First" administration of the US will happily trade Iran's permanent control of an international waterway for the expansion of Israel.