Iran sets up new mechanism to manage vessel transit through Hormuz
- Iran has launched a new system requiring ships to get permission via email before passing through the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a 'sovereign governance system'.
- Since February 28, Iran has denied safe passage to vessels linked to Israel and the United States following joint strikes on Iranian territory.
- Iran's parliament is considering legislation to restrict vessels tied to Israel and the U.S. and to introduce tolls for other non-hostile ships.
- The U.S. plans to escort ships out of the Strait of Hormuz under 'Project Freedom,' while Iran warned it would attack any foreign armed forces trying to enter the strait.
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Iran announced on Tuesday the launch of a website that will serve as the basis for a new system of maritime traffic supervision in the Strait of Ormuz, a strategic route for world oil, in the midst of the dispute with the United States over the control of the region. The platform integrates the Authority of the Strait of the Persian Gulf (PGSA), an organ created by Tehran to manage the crossing.
Iran Sets Out Process for Hormuz Transit But Shipowners Are Wary
Iran has laid out an updated process for ships seeking to transit Hormuz, but several shipowners said they remained cautious about sending their vessels through until there are more details about the conditions that may be imposed.
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Tehran created the Persian Strait Gulf Authority, one day after Donald Trump's suspension of the "Freedom Project". Tariffs were formalized and a vote was pending for the Iranian Parliament's plenary session.
Iran has set up an agency to manage the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz and, in principle, to charge tolls and give or deny permission to ships to cross this maritime artery. A strategic corridor that Tehran has blocked since the beginning of the war and now suffers a double closure, after the United States also closed it for Iranian ships on April 12. Announced on Tuesday night by state television Press TV, that new institution ha…
Tehran entrusts PGSA with these tasks and calls on the ships "to adjust their operations to this framework and...
Iran announced, on Tuesday evening, a new maritime traffic surveillance mechanism in the Ormuz Strait, announced the Iranian state press quoted by The New York Times, according to News.ro.
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