🇮🇷Iran has started charging fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, organizing a "safe corridor" for approved carriers, according to Lloyd's List. According to the publication's sources, one operator paid about £2 million for the transit of his tanker.

A total of at least nine ships have already passed through the strait under this scheme. However, it is not known how many of them paid for the transit permit, because in some cases the parties limited themselves to diplomatic intervention. The mechanism of making payments given the current sanctions against Iran also remains unclear

In the absence of US capabilities to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, this is quite a viable scheme.

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