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‘No clear strategy’: how Trump went from shock and awe to wait and see in Iran

Hormuz during the “tanker war” period of the Iran-Iraq war. But the US was not a combatant in that conflict, just one factor that could fail to pursuade shipping companies and insurers that

With 3,000 containers stuck in Pakistan, Iran explores more land routes

Hormuz-control regime. Then there’s a cost, say analysts and experts, that goes beyond the toll. ![Shipping containers are stacked at the Karachi port area in Karachi, Pakistan, July 31, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again?

cost for Hormuz transits? Before the war disrupted traffic, war-risk premiums for the Hormuz transit were mostly priced at just below 0.25 percent of hull value. Even if the strait is reopened, they could

Which airlines are cancelling flights to the UK - and what can you do?

Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively been closed to shipping since the start of March. Airlines are not physically running short of fuel currently, but there have been warnings of potential shortages by the summer

Shipping firms seek clarifications before crossing Hormuz

Hormuz, in terms of its compliance with freedom of navigation for all merchant vessels and secure passage,” said Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the United Nations shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization. The Norwegian Shipowners

U.S. seizes Iranian cargo ship. And, tariff refund portal launches

ship,** Trump and Iranian officials had been [trading accusations](https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5791261:x) of ceasefire violations, NPR's Tamara Keith tells *Up First*. Trump wants the Strait of Hormuz reopened to stabilize oil markets