Iran imposes mandatory insurance on ships transiting Strait of Hormuz, with fees likely to follow
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157571/Iran-imposes-mandatory-insurance-on-ships-transiting-Strait-of-Hormuz-with-fees-likely-to-Open linkView original on infosec.pub111
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Another big win for trump
Actual big win for Lloyd's.
I bet Iran will only honor ship insurance sold by Iran.
That's what Lloyd's, etc will offer.
There are already countless fees, payments, tariffs, etc that must be paid on a voyage, that's what Lloyd's does, their business isn't undertaking itself, they package insurances, fees, etc together so a ship only need pay the one company and they take care of the rest. For a fee.
They'll pay Iran and slap another 30% on.
Isn't it already closed again? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-declares-the-strait-of-hormuz-closed-again-after-us-lifts-blockade/ar-AA263IiK
It's time to rename it to Schrödinger's Strait. Is it open? Is it closed? Nobody can tell until a ship tries to sail through and is either sunk or not sunk.
Ships are publicly traceable. I feel like every article should be contextualised with the following graph.
https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/cb5856222a5b4105adc6ee7e880a1730
Spoiler: it's closed and has always been closed since March.
Curiosity sunk the ship.
NPR article from an hour ago:
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5865006/fighting-lebanon-despite-ceasefire
Apparently the Iranian military and the US military disagree on whether the Iranian military has closed the strait.
The current US president routinely doesn't side with reality, so nothing new there.
They're going to get that $300 billion one way or another.
Close one, as long as they don't call it tolls we are good