US EditionUN Maritime Agency Rejects Hormuz Tolls
The UN maritime agency said there is no legal basis for charging ships to pass, as shipping remains disrupted and 20,000 seafarers are stranded, Dominguez said.
- On Monday, IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez rejected Iran's proposal to impose transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz, stating there is "no legal basis for the introduction of any tax, any customs, or any fees for on straits for international navigation."
- Shipping through the narrow Strait has been strangled since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February, as Iran sealed off the passage and the United States blockaded Iranian ports.
- Ebrahim Azizi, head of the national security commission in Iran's parliament, told state TV that Iranian armed forces control the waterway and the country's proposed law seeks to prohibit the passage of "hostile vessels."
- A planned evacuation operation for around 20,000 seafarers currently stranded on vessels in the Gulf cannot proceed until the Strait is fully secure, Dominguez noted, while the shipping lane remains a sticking point in negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
- Efforts to revive negotiations on an ambitious plan to decarbonize the global shipping industry are underway among IMO members, following the measure's blockage last October by the United States, backed by Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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London. The United States, Britain and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) separately rejected the possibility of Iran taking toll in the Strait of Ormuz.
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UN maritime agency rejects Hormuz tolls
UN Maritime Agency Rejects Iran’s Demand for Hormuz Tolls
The head of the UN's maritime agency said Monday there was "no legal basis" for imposing any fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping through the narrow strait has been strangled since the US and Israel attacked Iran in late February. Iran has sealed off the passage, sharply cutting oil and gas flows and sending prices soaring, while the US has blockaded Iranian ports. Tehran has also said it wants to impose transit fees as …
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called this Monday before the UN Security Council for the opening of the Strait of Ormuz “without tolls” or “discrimination” and urged the parties in conflict to dialogue. “It is one of the most critical maritime bottlenecks in the world. About one fifth of the world’s oil trade, one fifth of the liquefied natural gas and almost one third of the fertilizers marketed worldwide, is tra…
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