Strait of Hormuz Ship Dataset (2026)

This dataset provides a record of ship activity in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz derived from Sentinel-1 image. The dataset covers the period surrounding the escalation of the US–Iran conflict from February 1 to April 25, 2026, capturing pre-event baseline conditions, immediate disruptions, and subsequent recovery patterns. It is designed to support rapid maritime situational awareness, reproducible research, and data-driven assessment of shipping dynamics under emergent geopolitical conditions.Manual validation indicates that the dataset achieves high detection accuracy, with performance exceeding 90% across standard evaluation metrics.