US EditionIran tells UN: 'non-hostile' ships can transit Strait of Hormuz
Iran requires coordination with its authorities for safe passage of non-hostile ships through the Strait of Hormuz, excluding vessels linked to the US, Israel, or other named aggressors.
- On Tuesday, Iran notified the International Maritime Organization that 'non-hostile' vessels may transit the Strait of Hormuz if they coordinate with Iranian authorities and comply with declared safety regulations.
- The US-Israeli conflict, which began February 28, has collapsed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz from an average of 120 daily transits to just five or nine vessels, creating acute supply disruption.
- Tehran's directive explicitly excludes ships linked to the United States or Israel, characterizing the waterway as a 'controlled corridor' rather than free international passage for approved traffic only.
- The effective closure threatens 20 percent of global oil supplies and has driven energy prices higher, with reports indicating Iran has begun charging transit fees for commercial vessel passage.
- While Pakistan has offered to host diplomatic talks, markets remain volatile as traders await signs of whether negotiations will produce a 'mechanism' enabling genuine reopening or continued disruption.
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According to the marine monitoring data of MarineTraffic, on 24 March some boats were in transit in the strait; on 25 March, instead, the traffic seems almost completely stopped
Daily Journal
Iran Hormuz 'toll booth': legally risky route for shippers
Here are the latest facts about Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade waterway virtually closed off by its forces in the Middle East war.
In the midst of the war in the Middle East, Iran controls maritime traffic through the Strait of Ormuz in its favour, while trying to install the narrative that this maritime corridor is not strictly closed. The Islamic Republic attacked about twenty ships trying to cross the passage in the first days of conflict, but now, after a week without bombing at that point, Tehran informed the United Nations Security Council and the International Mariti…
El Periódico
Chinese or Thai boats, to pass; Americans or Israelis, to turn around. Chinese shipping company Cosco has announced that it resumes traffic towards the Middle East just a day after Iran claimed its role of urban guard in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has repeated during these weeks that it does not intend to harm its friends but the almost complete blockade of one of the main global shipping routes has affected everyone. It does not spare friends…
Iran has apparently opened the Strait of Hormus for selected ships.
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