In Ormuz, the "Crossing Market", Between False Permits, Insurance and Tolls

Le Temps

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

If the strait is not closed, the right to cross it becomes uncertain, expensive and negotiable. A grey area whose shipowners, traders and, at the end of the chain, consumers already pay the priceThe message promised a safe exit from the Gulf. It was enough to send the ship's documents, then pay in bitcoin or tether the amount fixed to obtain a "authorization." The Greek marine risk management company Marisks recently warned that several companie…