Shipowners to Wait Weeks Before Resuming Hormuz Strait Transit
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- Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until a US-Iran deal is "material" and evident in real-world conditions, according to Mitsui O.S.K.
- Lines CEO Jotaro Tamura.
- The conflict, which began Feb 28 with US-Israeli strikes, had largely halted shipping through the vital route.
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Warum es wichtig ist
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital transit route for global oil and LNG supply. Shipping has been largely halted since February 28 due to US-Israeli strikes.
Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the US-Iran deal is “material”, the CEO of Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told the Financial Times in an interview published on Tuesday.
The Iran war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes largely stopped shipping through the transit route for around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply, along with products such as aluminium and urea.
Mitsui O.S.K., one of Japan’s big three shipping firms, has a fleet of more than 900 vessels, including bulk carriers, tankers and ferries.
“What will have to come in place is not just a simple agreement between the relevant countries, but it has to be material and translated into the real situations in the Strait of Hormuz, so that shipping lines can make themselves comfortable to go through,” Mitsui O.S.K.’s Jotaro Tamura told the FT before US President Donald Trump announced a deal to end the war in Iran.
“Given the experiences in the last couple of months, I think it’s reasonable to assume that it may take at least a couple of weeks or if not a month,” Tamura told the paper.
Worauf zu achten ist
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Shipowners will resume Hormuz Strait transit within weeks to a month.
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Offene Fragen
- What constitutes a 'material' deal?
- When will conditions in the Strait be deemed safe?
- What are the economic consequences of prolonged closure?
