伦敦——安全机构数据显示，自10月11日以来，至少有10艘船只在霍尔木兹海峡及其附近海域遭到袭击。这一数字创下了美国、以色列与伊朗爆发战争以来的新高。
LONDON - At least ten vessels have been attacked in or near the Strait of Hormuz since Oct 11, a high since war broke out between the United States, Israel and Iran, security data showed on Oct 14.
根据安全公司Vanguard、国际海事组织（IMO）以及英国海上事务局UKMTO提供的数据，10月13日有4艘船只遭袭，10月11日则有6艘船只遇袭——这是冲突爆发以来单日袭击次数最多的一天。
Four vessels were struck on Oct 13 and six on Oct 11 – the highest number of attacks in a single day since the start of the conflict – according to data from security firm Vanguard, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the British maritime agency UKMTO.
据海事消息人士透露，近期袭击事件导致两名船员失踪，还有一艘集装箱船据称因此沉没。
Two seafarers have been reported missing and a container ship reportedly sank as a result of recent attacks, according to the maritime sources.
今年3月，为报复美以两国对伊朗本土的打击，伊朗首次将途经该海峡的商船列为袭击目标。此后，德黑兰继续对那些经由其未批准的航线通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只发动攻击。
Merchant vessels transiting the vital passage were first targeted by Iran in March in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on its territory, and Tehran has continued to strike vessels passing through the strait via routes it has not approved.
这些袭击严重扰乱了霍尔木兹海峡的航运秩序。该海峡原本是海湾国家出口石油及其他大宗商品的最繁忙通道之一。
The attacks have disrupted shipping through the strait, which is normally one of the busiest routes for exporting oil and other commodities from Gulf countries.
自10月初以来，该地区已记录到23起袭击事件，这一数字几乎是战争爆发以来每月平均袭击次数的两倍。
Twenty-three attacks have been recorded since the start of October, almost double the average monthly number of incidents since the start of the war.
美国于10月10日称，为执行对伊朗港口的禁运措施，美军曾炮击一艘货船，但国际海事组织并未将此次事件列入统计范围。
The United States said on Oct 10 that it had struck a cargo vessel as part of its embargo on Iranian ports, but the incident was not listed by the IMO.
Vanguard公司的分析师巴伦·古普塔指出，10月初能源出口量一度接近战前水平，但随后又出现下滑，这可能是近期袭击事件增多的诱因。
The recent uptick in energy exports, which almost returned to pre-war levels at the start of October but have since fallen back, may be behind the latest increase in attacks, according to Vanguard analyst Barun Gupta.
“尽管冲突仍在持续，但海湾地区的石油运输正逐步恢复，近期通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只数量已回升至战前水平的约80%。”
“Gulf oil flows have been recovering, with traffic through Hormuz recently returning to around 80 per cent of pre-war levels despite the conflict.
“因此，加大袭击频率有助于德黑兰表明其仍有能力破坏这一复苏势头，并给商业航运及全球能源市场带来损失，”古普塔于10月14日对法新社说道。
“Increasing the tempo of attacks therefore gives Tehran a way of demonstrating that it can still disrupt that recovery and impose costs on commercial shipping and global energy markets,” Gupta told AFP on Oct 14.
他说，特朗普上周承诺在美中期选举前不再对伊朗发动进攻，这也可能是一个因素，让德黑兰“感觉到有一个窗口期，可以在面临美国军事升级的即时风险较低的情况下增加施压”。
He said Trump’s promise last week not to launch further attacks on Iran before the midterm elections in the US could also be a factor, giving Tehran “a perceived window to increase pressure with a lower immediate risk of US military escalation”.
据国际海事组织称，自冲突爆发以来，已有24名海员因霍尔木兹海峡附近海域的事件丧生。
Some 24 seafarers have died as a result of incidents in the area near the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the conflict, according to the IMO.