All three components of the claim are strongly corroborated by multiple independent sources. First, the rise in Hormuz traffic from recent lows is confirmed by the Odaily/Lloyd's List report and the IRGC's own statement of ~30 permitted transits since Wednesday evening, also independently verified by Times of India. Second, the increase in vessels turning off AIS signals is confirmed both by the Odaily/Lloyd's List report and the Kuehne+Nagel/TradeWinds analysis documenting a ~600% surge in dark vessel activity between April 19 and May 3, with satellite imagery confirming physical vessel presence despite near-zero AIS readouts. Third, Iran's statement that transit will return to normal once the unstable situation ends is directly confirmed by the Odaily/Iranian media report published May 16. The claim accurately and conservatively summarizes the situation as reported by Lloyd's List and Iranian media. The only minor caveat is that Lloyd's List articles are paywalled and could not be fetched directly, but their reporting is consistently cited and summarized by multiple credible secondary sources.