Martin Kelly from EOS Risk Group writes, that this is now how the passage of selected single ships through the Strait of Hormuz looks like, after obtaining special permission from #Iran and being checked by the Iranian side. Over the past 24 hour...
...s, the Iranians have allowed four ships to pass: one Pakistani tanker and three more cargo ships. As can be noticed, all these four ships avoided the main shipping routes, first passing between Iranian islands and then hugging the Iranian coast of the strait. In appears to be the implementation of the "Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz" concept that the Iranians were practicing in exercises just a week before the start of the war. Instead of a complete blockade, Iran has restricted shi...
...pping to a minimum and apart from its own ships, only allows individual ships to pass depending on agreements with individual countries and on a special route. Any attempt of an unauthorized passage through the main shipping routes in the strait risks coming under Iranian fire
