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Shipping Firms Are Being Whipsawed by Changing Stances and Risks as They Wait for Hormuz to Reopen
Trump said the pause would give negotiators time to finalize an agreement with Iran as two U.S. commercial ships had already passed safely.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a pause on "Project Freedom," his plan for U.S. Navy ships to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, citing a "short period of time" to assist negotiations with Iran.
- To pressure Iran, the U.S. Navy maintains a blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, while commercial vessels face ongoing threats from Iranian speedboats and drones attempting transit.
- Insurance costs for vessels in the region jumped from less than 1% to as much as 10% of goods' value, while Hapag-Lloyd AG reports the situation costs the company $60 million a week.
- Kinaxis CEO Razat Gaurav warned that even if a ceasefire holds, shipping routes will not "snap back overnight," as carriers and insurers require confidence that stability will hold before routes normalize.
- Energy markets and shippers remain wary of potential re-escalation, as Kaho Yu of Verisk Maplecroft emphasized that "Hormuz remains the real metric that will be watched" for evidence of lasting stability.
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Shipping firms are being whipsawed by changing stances and risks as they wait for Hormuz to reopen
With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war.
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